Past Perfect
The film had finished when she arrived at the cinema
La película había terminado cuando ella llegó al cine
(Primera acción: la película había terminado
Segunda acción: ella llegó al cine)
Para poder construir la forma afirmativa del Pasado Perfecto debemos utilizar como auxiliar el verbo TO HAVE en Pasado Simple y acompañado por el verbo principal en su Pasado Participio (ya sean verbos regulares o verbos irregulares)
Ejemplos:
What had you done after you arrived to school? (¿Qué había que hacer después de llegar a la escuela?)
I had taken a shower.
I had made my homework.
I had cleaned my shoes.
I had put my school things in my bag.
Dialogo con past perfect:
A: Had you finished your homework when your mother arrive?
B: Yes, i had.
A: What had you doing before leaving the house?
B: I had cleaned and tidied.
Ejercicios
- Completa cada frase con la forma del pasado perfecto utilizando
a) Mary ______________ (come) to the USA in 1998.
b) Jorge ______________ (study) in England before he started work.
c) When I saw him, I knew that I ______________ (see) his face somewhere before.
d) Mrs. Rivas ______________ (not make) many friends in Maracaibo.
e) When they finally arrived at the airport, their plane ____________ (take off)!
f) They ____________ (want) to return to Caracas for a long time.
g) We ____________ (know) them for a short time.
h) When we arrived, the concert ______________ (start).
i) It _____________ (begin) to rain.
- completar la tabla de verbos con los verbos que faltan
Simple Present | Simple Past | Past Participle | -ing form |
begin | |||
broke | |||
bring | |||
bought | |||
catching | |||
come | |||
did | |||
drive | |||
fallen | |||
feel | |||
finding | |||
forgotten | |||
get | |||
gave | |||
going | |||
hide | |||
had | |||
know | |||
left | |||
marking | |||
met | |||
put | |||
rode | |||
run | |||
said |