Jumat, 20 November 2009
Past Perfect Tense – Past Perfect Progressive (continous)
Past Perfect
Subject + had + [verb in past participle]
The past perfect is used to indicate :
• An action that happened before another action in the past; there usually are two actions in the sentence.
John had gone to the store before he went home
Had gone = 1st action went = 2nd action
Subject + had + V3 + before + subject + V2
John told us yesterday that he had visited England in 1970
Had visited = 1st action told = 2nd action
Subject + had + V3 + before + subject + V2
John went home after he had gone to the store
Subject + V2 + after + subject + had + V3
Before John went home, he had gone to the store
Before + Subject + V2 + subject + had + V3
After John had gone to the store, he went home
After + Subject + had + V3 + subject + V2
• A state which continued for a time in the past, but stopped before now.
Past Perfect Progressive
The past perfect progressive for category 2 of past perfect only, we can use the past perfect continous.
Subject + had + been + [verb + ing]
Exercises :
1. The policeman read the suspect his rights after he (arrest) him.
Answer : had arrested
2. After John (wash) his clothes, he began study.
Answer : had washed
3. George (wait) for one hour before the bus came.
Answer : has waited
4. Maria (enter) the university after she had graduated from the community college.
Answer : entered
5. Jeanette (wash) the pipettes after she had completed the experiment.
Answer : washed
6. Jane sent a letter to her university after she (receive) her scholarship check.
Answer : has received
7. After the stewardesses had served lunch to the passengers, they (sit) down.
Answer : sat
8. The car (flip) ten times before it landed on its roof.
Answer : had flipped
9. We corrected our papers after we (take) the quiz.
Answer : had taken
10. John (live) in Miami for one year when his parents came to visit.
Answer : had lived
