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Past Perfect: Verbo Auxiliar Participio

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PAST PERFECT

*Permite en inglés indicar la anterioridad de una acción pasada con respecto a otra.
Es decir que se refiere a acciones que ocurrieron con anterioridad a otras que
tuvieron lugar en el pasado. 

* Se forma con el verbo auxiliar  had, y el participio del verbo principal que puede ser
un verbo regular (agrega -ed o -d al verbo) o irregular (3ra columna de la lista de
verbos). 
Todas las personas: + - ?
I, you, he/she/it, we, I had played/spoken  had not Had I
you, they played/spoken played/spoken?

*Los marcadores temporales permiten identificar el tiempo verbal que debe


emplearse en una oración. Los marcadores que suelen aparecer en oraciones en Past
Perfect Simple en inglés son:
 already, just
 never, not yet
 once, until that day
*En estos ejemplos, el Evento A es el que primero ocurrió y el Evento B tuvo lugar a
continuación, es el más reciente:

Evento A Evento B

John had gone out when I arrived in the office.

Evento A Evento B

I had saved my document before the computer crashed.

Evento B Evento A

When they arrived we had already started cooking.

Write the past participle of the following verbs

1 go 7 refuse
2make 8 win
3 speak 9 lose
4 think 10 want
5 call 11 give
6 be 12 buy

Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Before yesterday’s match, they_______ (not win) any of their matches.
2 Before last year, she _____never _______(be) to Granada.
3 I ________(call) her twice before she finally sent me a message.
4 It was the first time he ________(hear) such beautiful music.
5 _________John ______(think) that he wasn’t a good basketball player?
6 Laura _____never _______ (be) good at dancing so she was very nervous.
7 My parents __________always (refuse) _________ to let me stay out late so I was
surprised when they said yes.
8 I _________never_______ (drink) beer before that day. It wasn’t very nice.
9 By the time I got home, I _______(lose) my wallet.

Choose the correct verb forms. Use the past simple and the past perfect in each
sentence.
1 By the time we arrived / had arrived, the film started / had started.
2 I got / ’d got dressed after I had / ’d had a shower.
3 I didn’t want / hadn’t wanted dinner because I ate / ’d eaten earlier.
4 Zara didn’t watch / hadn’t watched the film before I bought / ’d bought her the DVD.
5 He was / ’d been late for class because he missed / ’d missed his bus.

Join the sentences with expressions in brackets.


I didn't use my credit card. I lost it. (because)
_____________________________
I was in Paris for a week. I met Ann there. (when)
_____________________________
Maria finished the meal. And I arrived. (by the time)
______________________________
I couldn't go out. I broke my leg. (because)
______________________________

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