Present Perfect tense basic understanding.

1. Assalamualaikum!
A sentence please…
Before I had finished eating, the lights went out.
PAST PERFECT
TENSE

2. Items to know in learning any tenses
When you look at the form
of this bike, you know what
it is called …..? 
p/s: It is a Ducati
Streetfighter
Forms
A person who knows the use
of a marker pen would say it is
used to write on whiteboard
for example.
Now, imagine, giving this
marker pen to a two year old
Any
Uses child. To them, this is yummy
tenses food and eat it.
These are extra clues for
you. It makes your life
easier in getting to spot the
Clues right form and uses.
(Time expresesions,
adverbs etc)

3. FORMS: (p/s: fill in the blank with the correct past perfect
forms please.  )
Positive Negative Questions
I had eaten I had not eaten. Had you eaten?
He has left. He had not left. When had he left?
They had not written.
The children had spoken.
Murni and Aishah had
not called the police.
Had she gone insane?
Where had you been?
The girl had smiled
broadly.

4. Tag vs Info Questions
Vpp = past participle
I put “vpp” to show that it is the verb
that is in the past participle form
TROTQ = the rest of the question

5. Extra about Questions
(p/s: For the rest of the blanks, create your own positive,
tag Q and Info Q  You can do it! )
Positive Tag Question Info Question
We had read the Had you read the When had you read the
magazine. magazine? magazine?

6. USES : Past Perfect has 1 use only.
Check them out!
When we talk about an earlier completed
action which began in the past before
another action took place.

7. USES : Past Perfect has 1 use only
Check them out!
I’m sorry…I am still
scratching my head. Can
you explain further about
the use again?
Por favor…

8. USE examples
1st action happened and finished 2nd action that happened later
1. After Khadijah had bought a She went home.
magazine,
2. He had washed the dishes Before he went to bed.
3. She had gone out By the time her friend arrived.
4. As soon as he had locked the door, He put the key under the mat.
5. When he had made the fire, He cooked some food.
Then only this
This action action happened
happened first

9. CLUES
= signal words/time expressions involved
before
By the
time
after
As soon as
when

10. Get to know past perfect okay 