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REVIEWPast Perfect Tense

When do we use the Past Perfect? When 2 or more things happened in the past and we

want to explain which of them happened first in the past.

* When we arrived at the airport, the flight had already left.

What ever happened first is where we use the past perfect tense.

Forms

(subject) + (helping verb) + (main verb in the p.p) PositiveStatementsI had finished.You had started.We had left.They had eaten.He had brought.She had broken.It had rung.

Forms(subject)+(helping verb)+(not)+(main verb in the p.p) Negative StatementsI had not finished.You had not finished.We had not finished.They had not finished.He had not finished.She had not finished.It had not finished.

Forms(Helping verb)+(subject)+(main verb/pp)QuestionsHad I finished?Had you finished?Had we finished?Had they finished?Had he finished?Had she finished?Had it finished?

Your Turn1. Get into your groups2. Ask each person 2 things they did before they

started college 3. You have 3 minutes!!! Example: M/V: What had you done before you started

college? F/V: I had had a full-time job. M/V: What else had you done before college? F/V: I had visited Peru.

Tell me about the person you interviewed.

Example: M/V: What had you done before college? F/V: I had had a full-time job. M/V: What else had you done before college? F/V: I had visited Peru. When she started college, she had already visited

Peru.She had already had a full-time job, when she started

college.

How do we make the Past Perfect Continuous Tense?

The structure of the past perfect continuous tense is:

Subject ( + ) auxiliary verb HAVE ( + )

auxiliary verb BE ( + )

main verb

He/She/It/I/We/You/They

conjugated in simple past tense

past participle

present participle

had been base + ing

Past Perfect Continuous Tense We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that

something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. The duration of the continuous action is expressed with for

USE #1 Duration Before Something in the Past

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Examples:1) They had been talking for over an hour when Scott arrived.2) She had been working at that factory for three years when it went out of business.3) How long had you been waiting to get on the train?4) Scott wanted to sit down because he had been standing all day at work.5) A: How long had you been studying English when you moved to America? B: I had not been studying English very long.

Use 1: Duration of a Past Action The main use of the Past Perfect Continuous is to

express actions or situations that were in progress before some other actions or situations.

The boys had been sleeping for half an hour when

we arrived home. I had been dating Michelle for 3 years before we

got married.

Use 2: Showing Cause Use the Past Perfect Continuous to show cause

of an action or situation in the past. * John was in detention because he had been

misbehaving. * The road was wet because it had been raining. * I had to go on a diet because I had been eating

too much sugar. * Jessica got tired because she had been lying in

the sun too long.

Your Turn1) Get into your groups and ask each other these

questions. You have 3 minutes!

A) Tell me something you did before you turned 15?B) Tell me something you did before you went to

school today?

**Now write sentences that explain what you have learned from the people you interviewed.

Use the past perfect continuous and the simple past.