Name: Past Perfect Tense - English grammar tutorial video lesson
Uploaded: 2016-08-20T12:15:50.000Z
Duration: 4 min 52 s
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Welcome to English Grammar Spot. This lesson is about the past perfect.

To-infinitive

In this lesson I am going to teach you how to

The imperative

But before we get started it's good to know that in the English language we have

It is advisable that you study the most commonly used irregular verbs.

Both these sentences are in the past perfect tense.

For the regular verbs we use to auxiliary verb to have

The past participle can be made by adding -ed to the base form of the verb.

You had watched the tennis match  and they had marked the tests.  they have marked the tests

No we need to pay extra attention attention to verbs that end in an -e, such as live,

when forming a past particple we only use the base form of the verb and add a 'd'.

especially those preceded by consonant such as spy and study.

Now let's have a look at the past perfect for the irregular verbs,

but here the past participle has a unique past perfect form.

I had built that shed with my own two hands.

The infinitive form of the verb is 'to build.'

She had bought some flowers at the market. The infinitve form of the verb is 'to buy.'

The infinitive form of the verb is 'to run.'

Let's have a look at the past perfect in questions for the regular forms

again we use the past simple form of the auxiliary verb to have

and the past participle and again the unique past perfect form

Let's have alook at the past perfect in negations.

which again is made by adding 'ed' to the base form of the verb.

It hadn't rained since Friday.  They hadn't closed the window.

For the irregular verbs we use had and not contracting it into hadn't,

the past participle has a unique past perfect form.

Now let's have a look at when we use a past perfect.

We use a past perfect for things that happened in the past but before something

else in the past. So we use it to  co-ordinate the past. We have two things

at the furthest point in the past. For example I had brushed my teeth before I went to bed.

So first I brushed my teeth and then I went to bed and both these things happened

Another example is: They decided to buy a car after the old one had broken down.

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Past Perfect Tense - English grammar tutorial video lesson

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