past perfect tense

2. Understand the concept of the Past Perfect
tenses and its usage.
Learn how to form sentences in the Past
Perfect Tense.
Practice using the Past Perfect Tense in
various context

3. The Past Perfect Tense is used to describe an
action that happened before another action in
the past. It is formed using "had" plus the past
participle of the verb.
Therefore, we use it to talk about two or more
things that happened in the past, and we want to
show which of those happened first.

4. Before the guests arrived, we had cleaned the house, we had
ordered pizza, and we had made a dessert.
By the time we got home, the ice cream had melted.

5. Rest of Sentences
Rest of Sentences
Example: Had She Finished the test?
Past Participle
Past Participle
Past Participle
Subject
Subject
Had
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Had
Had Not
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Hadn’t
Example: She Had Finished the test
Example: She Hadn’t Finished the test
To form the Past Perfect Tense, use "had" followed by the past participle
of the verb.

6. The Past Perfect Tense helps us show the sequence of events
in the past, emphasizing which action happened first.
Did you know that the Past Perfect Tense is often used
with time expressions like "before," "after," and "by the
time"?

7. She finish her chores before she go to the park.
Correct Answer: She had finished her chores before she went to the park.
They eat breakfast before they leave for school.
Correct Answer: They had eaten breakfast before they left for school.
He read the book that she lend to him.
- Correct Answer: He had read the book that she had lent to him.

8. Exercise: Complete the sentences with the
correct Past Perfect Tense form.
my homework
By the time she arrived,
They dinner when i got there.
He a dragon until that day

9. Fill in the blanks with the correct Past Perfect Tense form.
had read returned had visited learned
had never seen entered had prepared
appeared
had already finished
granted had rescued Casted had disappeared reached
the book before she
• She it to the library.
• They the ancient castle after they about its history.
• I such a magical creature until that moment when i the dungeon.
• The Knights for the battle before the dragon
• She her quest when the wizard her a wish.
• They the princess before the evil sorcerer a spell.
• The treasure chest before they It

10. 1. She (had / has) already eaten breakfast before leaving for school.
2. They (were / had been) playing in the forest all morning.
3. I (saw / had seen) a ghost before the lights went out.
4. He (was / had been) reading a magical book when the dragon appeared.
5. The wizard (cast / had cast) a powerful spell before the castle disappeared.
Choose the correct Past Perfect Tense sentence.

11. Read the story and find the mistakes in the use of Past
Perfect Tense. Correct the sentences.
Sir Arthur was a brave knight. He had defeated
many dragons and rescue princesses from tall
towers. Last week, he find a treasure chest in the
forest. He opens the chest and found a magical
amulet.

12. Thank you for joining our grammar adventure
in the Dungeon and Dragon world of Past
Perfect Tense. May your grammatical quests
always be successful!