THE PAST PERFECT

Today as a grammar point I want to teach the use the past perfect, which expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

The past perfect is formed by the verb have in past had + the past participle.

I had finished the work.

She had gone.

We use the past perfect tense:

·         for something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past:

When George died he and Anne had been married for nearly fifty years.
She didn’t want to move. She had lived in Liverpool all her life.

·         for something that happened in the past but is important at the time of reporting:

I couldn’t get into the house. I had lost my keys.
Teresa wasn’t at home. She had gone shopping.

·         When we are reporting our experience and including up to the (then) present:

My eighteenth birthday was the worst day I had ever had.
I was pleased to meet George. I hadn’t met him before, even though I had met his wife several times.

There are some exercises related to fashion. I hope you like it!! xxx