Past perfect tense Thì quá khứ hoàn thành

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LESSON 6
PAST PERFECT


THE USES
 We

use the past perfect for something
that started in the past and continued up to a
later time in the past:

Past

Present

When I was 18 years old, I had gone to CTU to learn.

Future


THE USES
 We

use the past perfect when we are
telling our experience up to a point in
the past:
My trip to Ha Giang was the most meaningful trip I had
travelled
They had finished their homeworks when they came to

class.


THE USES
 We

use the past perfect when we are
talking about for something that happened
in the past and is important at a later
time in the past:
I couldn’t work in that company. I hadn’t passed the final
interview

He didn’t buy a new apartment. He had lost his job.


FORMULA: S + V + O
Present Perfect: S +Have/Has+ V3/ED+ O
Past Perfect:

S+

Had+

V3/ED + O

V3: Irregular Verb ( go-went-gone)
VED: Regular Verb (Want-wanted; Study-Studied)

She didn't want to move. She had lived in

Hoi An all her life.
She hadn’t lived in Hoi An.
Had she lived in Hoi An?


Phượng bread was the most delicious loaf of bread that I had eaten
when I travelled in Hoi An.


I couldn’t go to see the final concert of The Mask singer Viet
Nam program. The tickets had been sold out before.


Left; Bill Gates in 1984 and; Bill Gates during commencement
ceremonies at Harvard University June 7, 2007.

Bill Gates had become a billionaire before he went back
to Harvard university to receive an honorary degree.


After my friend had returned to Japan last year, she
sent me an email.


HINTS
-

After + S + had+ V3/ED, S +V2/ED
S + had+ V3/ED + before S +V2/ED
S + had+ V3/ED + when+ S +V2/ED

Past

Look back


EXERCISES
1.Helen suddenly remembered she (leave) her keys in the car.
 Helen suddenly remembered she had left her keys in the car
 2.When we (do) all our shopping, we caught the bus home
 When we had done all our shopping, we caught the bus home
 3.They wanted to buy a new computer, but they (not save) enough money.
 They wanted to buy a new computer, but they hadn't saved enough
money.
 4.They would have bought a new car if they (have) enough money.
 They would have bought a new car if they had had enough money.
 5.He worked at McDonald's. He (work) there since July.
 He worked at McDonald's. He had worked there since July.
 6.My last birthday was the worst day I ever (have).
 My last birthday was the worst day I had ever had.
 7. Until that moment, I never (believe) in fortune telling
 Until that moment, I'd never believed in fortune telling



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