Past Perfect Tense

Rumusnya :
S + Had + V3

The past perfect is used to indicated :
1. An action that happened before another action in the past.
There usually are two actions in the sentences.
• John had gone to the store before he went home.

After + S + had + V3 + S + V2

• John went home after he had gone to the store.
S + V2 + after + S + had + V3


• Before John went home, he had gone to the store.

Before + S + V2 + S + had + V3

• After John had gone to the store, he went home.

After + S + had + V3 + S + V2

2. A state which continued for a time in the past, but stopped before now.
example :
Abdu had lived in new York for ten years before he moved to California

• Past perfect progressive (Continous)
example :
Abdu had been living in new York for ten years before he moved to California


Exercises
1. The policeman read the suspect his right after he had arrested (arrest) him.
2. After john had washed (wash) his clothes, he began to study.
3. George had waited (wait) for one hour before the bus came.
4. Marie entered (enter) the University after she had graduated from community.
5. Jeannate washed (wash) the pipettes after she had completed the experiment.
6. Jane sent a letter to her university after she had received (receive) her scholarship check.
7. After the stewardesses had served lunch to the passenger, they sat (sit) down.
8. The car had been flipping(flip) ten timed before it landed on its roof.
9. We corrected our papers after we had taken (take) the quiz.
10. John had been living (live)in Miami for one year when his parents came to visit

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