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PAST PERFECT - Coggle Diagram
PAST PERFECT
USES
To talk about unreal or imaginary things in the past.
I wish I hadn't gone to bed so late!
Something that started in the past and continued up to another action or time in the past.
When he graduated, he had been in London for six years.
A finished action before a second point in the past.
When we arrived, the film had started.
SPELLING (past participle)
REGULAR VERBS
consonant + y (-ied)
marry = married
Other forms (-ed)
visit = visited / miss = missed / watch = watched...
Vowel + y (-ed)
play = played
Silent e (-d)
close = closed
IRREGULAR VERBS
They don't follow any rules.
Drunk (drink)
Hit (hit)
Known (know)
ESTRUCTURE
SUBJECT + HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE
I / You / She / He / It / We / They HAD forgotten.
I / You / She / He / It / We / They HADN'T eaten.
TIME EXPRESSIONS
already / yet / for / since / just / after / before / until / the moment that...
I didn’t say anything until she had finished talking.
I had done my homework already.
After she had moved out, I found her notes.