An educational PowerPoint on the Past Perfect verb tense.

1. Past Perfect
A Revision

2. What is it used for?
• It has two main uses:
1. It is either used to refer to
something that happens
before a specific action
in the past.
2. Or to refer to something
that happens before a
specific time in the past.

3. “Magic Words”
• Remember
Present Perfect?
Past Perfect uses
the same magic
words.
• Already, never,
just, for...
• So, if any of these
words appears in
a sentence, check
the context.
They had been married for
3 years when they divorced.
He‘d never met a native
English speaker until he
visited London.
I‘d just finished all the
work by the time you
called.

4. How is it formed?
• The Past Perfect is formed with the
auxiliary verb to have in the past
simple and the past participle of
the main verb.
• The Past participle of regular verbs
is formed with the verb in the
infinitive and –(e)d. (Example:
dance – danced).
The Past Participle of irregular verbs
is in the 3rd column of the table of
the irregular verbs. (Example: do –
done).
• To read the table please zoom it.

5. Affirmative Form
• Subject + had + Main verb in the past participle
Negative Form
• The negative form of the Past Perfect is formed with the auxiliary verb
in the negative (hadn´t) and the past participle of the main verb.
• Subject + hadn´t + Past Participle of the Main verb
Interrogative Form
• In the interrogative we form the Past Perfect by writing the auxiliary
verb before the subject.
• Had + Subject + Past Participle of the Main verb

6. Exercises:
1- Complete the following sentences
a) I recognized him because I _________ (see) him several times
before.
b) I _____________(already eat) by the time we arrived.
c) I _____________(work) there for 6 months before anybody spoke
to me.
d) When we got home we found out that we _____________(be)
burgled.
e) Philip wasn´t at the party because he __________ (break) his leg
playing football the day before.
Exercises taken from: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

7. 2- Complete with the correct verb tenses: The first 3 can be simple past -
sequence of events in the past)
a) _________________(you / finish)your homework before you went to the
cinema?
b) Why _______________(you / not /clean) the bathroom before you took a
bath?
c) _________________(you / have) breakfast before you left the house?
d) ____________(she / manage) to find a place to stay when she went to
London?
e) She picked out the red dress she ________________(not / wear) for ages.
f) He ________________ (not / swim) in the beach before that day.
g) His mother was angry because he ______________(not / do) the shopping
for her.
Exercises taken from: http://www.myenglishpages.com/

8. Correction of the exercises:
1.
a) Had seen
b) Had already eaten
c) Had worked
d) Had been burgled
e) Had broken
2.
a) Had you finished
b) Hadn´t you cleaned
c) Had you had
d) Had she managed
e) Hadn´t worn
f) Hadn´t swum
g) Hadn´t done

9. Just to
make
sure you
got it!
It´s just a small
summary of the Past
Perfect Tense.
I highly recommend
you to see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIL8LDt1gZU

10. So, here it is, if you got any
doubts, don´t be afraid to ask
any member of the group.
Study Hard!!!!