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    This document provides information about the past perfect tense in 3 sentences: 1) It discusses how the past perfect tense narrates past actions and events that occurred before another past action by using the structures "had + past participle" for ordinary verbs and "had been + verb-ing" for continuous verbs. 2) Examples are given to illustrate using the past perfect tense to refer to the earlier of two past actions compared to the simple past tense for the later action. 3) Time expressions typically used with the past perfect and simple past tenses are outlined.

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    This document provides information about the past perfect tense in 3 sentences: 1) It discusses how the past perfect tense narrates past actions and events that occurred before another past action by using the structures "had + past participle" for ordinary verbs and "had been + verb-ing" for continuous verbs. 2) Examples are given to illustrate using the past perfect tense to refer to the earlier of two past actions compared to the simple past tense for the later action. 3) Time expressions typically used with the past perfect and simple past tenses are outlined.

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    This document provides information about the past perfect tense in 3 sentences: 1) It discusses how the past perfect tense narrates past actions and events that occurred before another past action by using the structures "had + past participle" for ordinary verbs and "had been + verb-ing" for continuous verbs. 2) Examples are given to illustrate using the past perfect tense to refer to the earlier of two past actions compared to the simple past tense for the later action. 3) Time expressions typically used with the past perfect and simple past tenses are outlined.

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    Past Perfect Tense

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    Jessa Molina
    This document provides information about the past perfect tense in 3 sentences: 1) It discusses how the past perfect tense narrates past actions and events that occurred before another past action by using the structures "had + past participle" for ordinary verbs and "had been + verb-ing" for continuous verbs. 2) Examples are given to illustrate using the past perfect tense to refer to the earlier of two past actions compared to the simple past tense for the later action. 3) Time expressions typically used with the past perfect and simple past tenses are outlined.

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    In these lessons,we will learn

    •
    How to form the past perfect tense
    • When to use the past perfect tense
    • How to form negatives in the past
    perfect tense
    Past Perfect Tense

    • Narrates past actions and events


    • Provides two actions in the past,wherein the first action is
    complited ahead of another past action.
    • Formed using the following stuctures:
    Ordinary Form: had+ past participle of the verb
    Continuous Form: had been+ verb- ing
     EXAMPLES:
    Mercy had eaten her breakfast before Juanito asked her to do
    so.
    Past Perfect Tense simple past tense
    Simple Past Tense

    • Simple Past tense of the verb- is used to express an action that happened and ended in the
    past
    • Regular verbs,past tense verbs end with –d or –ed
    • Irregular verbs-form their past usually by either changing or retaining their spelling
    • Signaled by time indicators in the past (e.g. last week,yesterday,a year ago.
    example; Victoria and Hilario visited their grandparents yesterday.
    Janille and Lara bought grocery items.
    Time Expressions used in indicating Past
    Perfect Tense

     After, as soon as ,the moment that, and until


    are used before the past perfect tense.
     Before, when, and by the time are used before
    the simple past tense.
    EXAMPLES:

     When Flore called him, Nestor had been planting the seeds.

    SIMPLE PAST PAST PERFECT TENSE


    Delia had prayed the rosary by the time Ben arrived.

    PAST PERFECT TENSE SIMPLE PAST TENSE


    Rey had finished the movie before Susan told him to sleep.
    PAST PERFECT TENSE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
     After Estella had finished the dress,Francis sold the item.
    PAST PERFECT TENSE SIMPLE PERFECT TENSE
    The moment that Macky had left his house,Mia prayed for his safety.
    PAST PERFECT TENSE SIMPLE PERFECT TENSE
    As soon as Gina and Dodong had received their license,they started driving their own car
    Past perfect tense SIMPLE PAST
    TENSE.
    Learning Task:1

    Choose the correct past perfect tense of the verb in each sentence.Write your answers in ½
    shhet of paper.
    1.The witness (had testifying,had testify,had testified) before the court adjourned.
    2.I went to school after I (had revored ,have recovered,has recovered) from my sickness.
    3.He (has read,had read,had reading)the novel before he saw the movie.
    4.By the time I arrived at home,he (had went,had go,had gone) to bed.
    5.I asked him to pay my watch since he (had lost,had lose,had loosing)

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