●GrammarandUsageHerewewilllearntorecognizesituationswherethepastperfecttenseisusedandthetimeexpressionsusedtogetherwiththetense
Wewillalsoseehowthetenseisformed
Youwillreadtwostoriesandcompletethemusingthecorrectverbforms
Payattentiontothedifferencesbetweenthepastperfecttenseandthesimplepasttense
Step1:PastperfecttensePastperfecttenseisusedtoindicatethatoneactionoccurredbeforeanotheractioninthepast
Inotherwords,pastperfecttenseindicatesthefirstofthetwoactions
FormofPastPerfect[had]+[pastparticiple]Examples:IhadstudiedalittleEnglishwhenIcametotheU
TheyhadnevermetanAmericanuntiltheymetJohn
Thepastperfecttenseisoftenusedwiththesimplepasttense
Ifoneactionhappensbeforeanotherinthepast,thepastperfecttenseisused
presentpastThepastperfecttenseshowsus过去的过去ThepastperfecttenseusedinreportedspeechPr