GRAMMAR - UNIT 8 - PAST PERFECT

PAST PARFECT

We don't use the past perfect a lot in English, but it is useful, and it sounds very good if you can use it correctly. Also, it's really easy to make - just the past simple of 'have' and the past participle.

The positive - make it with 'had' + the past participle:

I had been (I'd been)
You had gone (you'd gone)
She had met (she'd met)
He had played (he'd played)
It had rained (it'd rained)
We had bought (we'd bought)
They had studied (they'd studied)

The short form for 'had' is 'd.


For the negative just add 'not':


I had not been (I hadn't been)
You had not gone (you hadn't gone)
She had not met (she hadn't met)
He had not played (he hadn't played)
It had not rained (it hadn't rained)
We had not bought (we hadn't bought)
They had not studied (they hadn't studied)


And to make a 'yes / no' question put 'had' before the subject:


Had I come?
Had you eaten?
Had she gone?
Had it rained?
Had he studied?
Had we met?
Had they left?


For 'wh' questions put the question word at the beginning:


When had I come?
Why had you eaten?
Where had she gone?
When had it rained?
Why had he studied?
How had we met?
When had they left?
Online activities:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise-1.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-perfect-simple/exercises

http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/past_perfect-exercises.html