unit 3-lang. focus

CLASS: 10C3
CLASS: 10C3
School Year: 2010 _ 2011
School Year: 2010 _ 2011
An action happening before a point of time in the
past
past
is used in
The Past Perfect Tense.
The Past Perfect Tense.
A point of time in the
past
past
(time) (time) (time)
Present
EX: I had seen this film before 1975.
1975had seen
The first action:
The second action:
(time) (time) (time)
Present
EX: I had finished my homework when my father returned home from
work.
returnedhad finished
Simple Past
Past Perfect Tense
TIME INDICATORS:
1. when 4. . . . no sooner . . . . . . than . . . .
2. after 5. . . . hardly . . . . . . . . . when . . .
3. before 6. . . . scarcely . . . . . . . when . . .
EX: The pedestrians had taken the injured to hospital when the ambulance

arrived.
(or)
When the ambulance arrived, the pedestrians had taken the injured to
hospital.


EX: He arrived at the station after the train had left.
(or)
After the train had left, he arrived at the station.
… simple past +
after
after + past perfect …
EX: I had bought a new car before I sold my old one.
(or)
Before I sold my old one, I had bought a new car.
… past perfect +
before
before + simple past …