1. Grammar Point – Past Perfect Tense
I knew the Black Eyed Peas were no longer together because Fergie had done a solo career.
Had done este un exemplu de past perfect tense.
Acest timp se folosește pentru a desemna o acțiune care s-a întâmplat înaintea unei alte acțiuni din trecut.
În trecut, eu am știut că trupa Black Eyed Peas s-a destrămat. Înainte ca eu să aflu acest lucru Fergie a început cariera solo.
The past perfect tense se formează cu had + past participle.
De exemplu, By the time she arrived at the party, her friends had left.
Pentru forma negativă, verbul had este înlocuit cu hadn’t.
2. Quiz Point – Past Perfect Tense
1. Turn the sentence into negative, Her friends had left.
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2. Before I moved to the United States, I _ a hamburger before.
a. hasn’t to eat
b. hadn’t eats
c. hadn’t eaten
d. hasn’t ate
3. Which is an example of the past perfect tense?
a. I had only gone fishing once before.
b. Sorry, but I haven’t got any money.
c. When I was twenty-one, I had a baby boy.
d. Sarah has been waiting at the bus stop for over an hour.
