Name: Past Perfect: to Talk about New Experiences
Uploaded: 2024-09-05T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 6 min 24 s
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To-infinitive

You're about to learn how to use the past perfect

it's very common to use the preposition 'before'

A few years ago, he got his first job at a shoe store.

Let's look at how to talk about these things

Which begins with the auxiliary verb 'had'

He used a cash register for the first time

In our new sentence, the subject will stay the same

And in our final example the verb is 'helped'

This becomes, 'he had never helped a customer before'

At the wedding, they each had many new experiences

Here's how we would talk about these experiences

Jen had never walked down the aisle before

and...they had never gone on a honeymoon before

Instead of using 'before' at the end of the phrase

Before she got married, Jen had never walked down the aisle

and finally, before Ben and Jen got married,       they had never gone on a honeymoon

She had a pregnancy glow for the first time

Now it's time to see these new experiences

Before she got pregnant, Jen had never had a pregnancy glow

Before she had a baby, Jen had never lived with very little sleep

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Past Perfect: to Talk about New Experiences

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