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Past perfect continous and Past perfect, descarga - Coggle Diagram
Past perfect continous and Past perfect
What it is?
The past perfect refers to a time earlier than before now. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past
In these examples, Event A is the event that happened first and Event B is the second or more recent event:
Event A Event B
John had gone out when I arrived in the office.
Event A Event B
I had saved my document before the computer crashed.
Event B Event A
When they arrived we had already started cooking.
Event B Event A
He was very tired because he hadn't slept well.
It does not matter which event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one happened first.
Structure
Affirmative Sentences
Sujeto + “had” + “been” + verbo+ing…
Negative Sentences
Sujeto + “had” + “not” + “been” + verbo+ing…
Interrogative Sentences
“Had” + sujeto + “been” + verbo+ing?
Forming the past perfect
The Past Perfect tense in English is composed of two parts: the past tense of the verb to have (had) + the past participle of the main verb.
Examples
Subject had past participle
Affirmative
She had given
Negative
She hadn't asked.
Interrogative
Had they arrived?
Interrogative Negative
Hadn't you finished?
To decide, past perfect
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I
had decided/
I
hadn't decided/ Had
I
decided?
You
had decided/
You
hadn't decided/ Had
you
decided?
She
had decided/
She
hadn't decided/
Had
she decided?
We
had decided/
We
hadn't decided/ Had
we
decided?
They
had decided/
They
hadn't decided/ Had
they
decided?
Examples
1.She was tired because she’d been working too much.
2.They were angry because they’d been waiting for me for hours.
3.Had you been studying English for a long time before you went to London?
4.Had Lindsay been working at the store for a long time when it closed?
6.They hadn´t been traveling long before they had their first problem.
5.Maria hadn´t been working at the store for long when it closed.
Uses
We used the continuous past perfect for references to something we had been doing (in process) when another action interrupted it.
The continuous perfect past is used for action in progress and the simple past for interrupting action.
When we refer to something that we have been doing in a period of time, therefore, we usually use the prepositions of time "for" or "since".
