The Past Perfect Tense.

The Past Perfect tense употребляется для выражения прошедшего действия, которое уже

совершилось до определенного момента или до другого действия в прошлом: We have finished our task by Saturday.

The Past Perfect tense образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to have в прошедшем времени (had) и третьей основной формы смыслового глагола:

I (you, he, she, it, we, they) had finished homework by that time.

В отрицательной форме частица not ставится после вспомогательного глагола:

We (I, you, he, she, it, they) had not (hadn’t) come home before it began to rain.

В вопросительной форме вспомогательный глагол ставится перед подлежащим:

Had I (you, he, she, it, we, they) finished homework by that time?

What had he done by that time?

В вопросах к подлежащему порядок слов не изменяется:

Who hadfinished homework by that time?

Возможные показатели времени: by Saturday, by that time, by the end of the year, by 5 o’clock, т.д.

Exercise. 1 Make the sentences negative and ask questions

1.By six o'clock on Sunday I had already cleaned the room. 2. I have already translated the text. 3. She had left by the 1st of June. 4. She had written only two letters by noon. 5. When we came to the station the train had already gone. 6. She had just made coffee when I arrived. 7. I hadn’t read the book by Saturday. 8. She thanked me for what I had done for her. 9. He took me to the kitchen and asked if I had had breakfast. 10. She knew I had spoken to her father. 11. When he came, I had been there for half an hour.

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