Title: The past perfect tense
1PAST PERFECT
2HOW DOES IT WORK?
- In Spanish, the past perfect tense is formed by
using the imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb
"haber" with the past participle. Haber is
conjugated as follows - habÃahabÃashabÃahabÃamoshabÃaishabÃan
3HAD
4HAD NOT HADN'T
5The past perfect tense
I had eaten my breakfast before I went to school.
6How is the past perfect formed?
Had un verbo en pasado participio y
luego un sujeto y un verbo en pasado
- Ali had played football before he went back home.
7Look at this example.
After he had taken his music lesson,
- he made a telephone call.
8 What had Ali done before he
went fishing?
Ali had repaired his car,
9La llave para entender es después de la palabra
after y as soon as vendrá un pasado perfecto
after
as soon as
hadPP
Past simple
After she had eaten her food As soon she had
eaten her food
10La clave es cuando va la palabra before o by
the time , debe seguir un tiempo verbal en pasado
before
past simple
PASADO PERFECTO
By the time
Before I ATE MY FOOD I HAD GONE TO THE
SUPERMARKET
11USOS .
We use the past perfect to talk about an action
which happened before another action in the
past
12Make similar sentences using after and before.
Finish work-watch TV
After I had finished work ,I watched TV
Before I watched TV ,I had finished my work.
13Make similar sentences using by the time and as
soon as
Eat breakfast-go to school
By the time I went to school,I had eaten my
breakfast.
As soon as I had eaten my breakfast,I went to
school
14Make similar sentences using by the time and as
soon as
Police arrive-thief escape
By the time the police arrived,the thief had
escaped.
As soon as the thief had escaped ,the police
arrived.
15So it is correct to say
- After he had finished the meeting ,he made a
telephone call.
OR
Before he made a telephone call ,he had finished
the meeting.
16PALABRAS USADAS EN EL PASADO PERFECTO
- AS SOON AS
- BY THE TIME
- AFTER
- BEFORE
- WHEN