Past Perfect & Past Perfect Continuous.ppt

Present perfect tense

1. The Past
Perfect
&
The Past
Perfect
Progressive

2. Past Perfect
•positive/negative/question:
•P:He had spoken.
N:He had not spoken.
Q:Had he spoken?

3. Usage:
•1.Past action which happened before
another action or before a stated time in the
past.
[First action is in the Past Perfect, Second
action is in the Past simple]
•Ex: He had left by the time I got there. (or
by 8:15)

4. Time expressions:
•After:
•After+ past perfect + past simple
•Past simple + After+ past perfect
•Ex: After I had eaten lunch, I had a doze.
•Before/By the time:
•Before+ past simple + past perfect
•Past perfect + By The Time+ past simple
•Ex: I had eaten lunch before I had a doze.
•By the time I was three I had learnedto walk

5. •As soon as:
•As Soon As+ past perfect + past simple
•Past simple + As Soon As+ past perfect
•Ex: As soon as I had come, I took a shower.
•till/until:
•Past simple + Till / Until+ past perfect
•(negative)

6. Past Perfect Continuous
•positive/negative/question:
•P:He had been speaking.
N:He had not been speaking.
Q:Had he been speaking?

7. Usage:
•You can say that something had been
happening for a period of time before
something else happened:
Ex: We’d been playing tennis for about half
an hour when it started to rain heavily.

8. Time expressions:
•for, since, the whole day, all day