KEEP HEALTHY

"In teaching others we teach ourselves" - Proverb

OBJECTIVES

FUNCTIONS : Talking about your health

TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES.

THE PAST PERFECT TENSE

The Past Perfect tense is formed by using the past of the auxiliary verb to have and the Past Participle of the verb required.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I HAD WORKED.	I HAD NOT WORKED.	HAD I WORKED ?
YOU HAD WORKED.	YOU HAD NOT WORKED.	HAD YOU WORKED ?
HE / SHE / IT HAD WORKED.	HE / SHE / IT HAD NOT WORKED.	HAD HE / SHE / IT WORKED ?
WE HAD WORKED.	WE HAD NOT WORKED.	HAD WE WORKED ?
YOU HAD WORKED.	YOU HAD NOT WORKED.	HAD YOU WORKED ?
THEY HAD WORKED.	THEY HAD NOT WORKED.	HAD THEY WORKED ?

USE : We use the PAST PERFECT to make it clear that an activity took place before the main events in a story.

The Past Perfect tense denotes a past action finished before another past action began.

He told me that he had bought a small house at the seaside.
She told me his name after he had left.
After you had gone I went to sleep.
He said that he had lost his way in the woods.

He had lost his watch before we reached the village.

The boat had sunk before the rescue party found it.
As soon as he had left the room I turned on the radio.
After we had had dinner we went to the cinema.
She had left before I arrived.
When I arrived Anna had just left..
She suddenly found that she had lost her camera.
He showed her the picture he had bought in Italy.

Past perfect tense

Sentences in the past perfect tense have the following structure:

Subject + had + past participle form of the verb

I had never seen him before.
We had anticipated this happening.
The sun had risen.
The train had steamed out before I reached the station.
He had left before I came.

Interrogative sentences in the past perfect tense have the following structure:

Had + subject + past participle form of the verb

Had I seen him before?
Had we anticipated this happening?
Had the train steamed out before they reached the station?
Had he left before I came?