Past Perfect: had +past participle
Affirmative
For an action which finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
He was happy. He had won the race.
Past Perfect is used:
For a past action which happened before another past action or before a stated past time.
She had already left when I got home. She had arrived by 8 o’clock.
For an action which finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
He was happy. He had won the race.
As the past equivalent of Present Perfect.
She isn’t in her office. She has already left.
She wasn’t in her office . She had already left.
Time expressions used with Past Perfect
Before
After
Just
Yet
Already
For
Since
Ever
Never
Till/until
When
By
By the time
Translate from Russian into English
Fortunately the rain had stopped before we left the house.
By the time I came home my family had already finished dinner.
She wasn’t in her office . She had already left.
When I (to come) home, mother already (to cook) dinner.
When father (to return) from work, we already (to do) our homework.
When the teacher (to enter) the classroom, the pupils already (to open) their books.
Kate (to give) me the book which she (to buy) the day before.
Nick (to show) the teacher the picture which he (to draw).
The boy (to give) the goats the grass which he (to bring) from the field.
Mother (to see) that Nick (not to wash) his hands.
The teacher (to understand) that Lena (not to do) her homework.
When we (to come) to the station, the train already (to leave)
Tom (to return) from the cinema at five o'clock.
Correct the mistakes
She played the piano and then she had sung in the choir.
I borrowed your car. Had you known about it?
After the lessons had finished we run out of school.
Had you be there before? - Yes, the previous year.
I recognized him because I did see him before.
hadn't gone out because I hadn't finished my homework.
We had done nothing like this at that time.
It was quite difficult. I had had no idea what to do.
When I met Jim he was already a soldier for three years.
He had gone to the office because somebody had told him
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