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Use the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. 1 I (never / snorkel) before Mia took me last year. 2 Clara was annoyed because the book she’d ordered (not / arrive).
We use the past perfect with the past simple when we talk about two actions or events in the past. We always use the past perfect for the action that happened first. We can link the two actions using a time expression.
Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets: Past or Past Perfect Tense /Simple or Progressive) My friend Tim ___________________ well yesterday because he ___________________ too many sweets. (NOT FEEL / EAT) After she ___________________ , she ___________________ much better. (REST, FEEL)
Complete the sentences with the simple past or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets. Use full forms (I have), not short forms (I've). By the time they (get) home from school, their favourite TV show (finish). She work) here for three months before she make) any new friends.
We use the past perfect simple to talk about earlier events and experiences or single actions completed earlier in the past. We use the past perfect simple with stative verbs to talk about states or situations that had started earlier in the past. We often use how long, for or since, always etc.
The past perfect is made from the verb had and the past participle of a verb: I had finished the work. She had gone. The past perfect continuous is made from had been and the -ing form of a verb: I had been working there for a year. They had been painting the bedroom.
We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events. The past perfect shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action. When the police arrived, the thief had escaped. It doesn't matter in which order we say the two events. The following sentence has the same meaning. The thief had escaped when the police arrived ...
