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What is the structure of the past perfect tense affirmative?
Subject + had + past participle
What is the structure of the past perfect tense negative?
Subject + had not/ hadn't + past participle
What is the structure of the past perfect tense interrogative?
Had + Subject + past participle ?
What is the structure of the past perfect continuous tense affirmative?
Subject + had + been + verb-ing
What is the structure of the past perfect continuous tense negative?
Subject + had not/ hadn't + been + verb-ing
What is the structure of the past perfect tense interrogative?
Had + Subject + been + verb-ing ?
Which tense do you use to express an action completed before another past action?
Past perfect
Which tense do you use to show the duration of an action before another past event?
Past perfect continuous
Name two time expressions commonly used with the past perfect tense.
already, before, by the time, never, until recently, etc.
Which auxiliary verb is common to both past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses?
Had
What auxiliary verb follows "had" in the past perfect continuous tense?
Been
Can past perfect continuous be used with stative verbs?
No
Convert this sentence into a negative form: "She had completed the project."
She had not/hadn't completed the project.
She had been finished her homework before dinner. (Correct or Incorrect?)
Incorrect! -She had finished her homework before dinner.
They had been waiting for the bus for over an hour. (Correct or Incorrect?)
Correct
Had you been studied English before you moved? (Correct or Incorrect?)
Incorrect!- Had you been studying English before you moved?
I had worked at that company for five years before I left. (Correct or Incorrect?)
Incorrect! - I had been working at that company for five years before I left.
We had eaten dinner before they arrived. (Correct or Incorrect?)
Correct
She ________ (study) English for two years before she ________ (move) to the UK.
She'd been studying English for two years before she moved to the UK.
I _______ (finish) my homework before my friend arrived.
I'd finished my homework before my friend arrived.
She _______ (already / read) the book before the test started.
She'd already read the book before the test started.
They _______ (wait) for the bus for over an hour when it finally arrived.
They'd been waiting for the bus for over an hour when it finally arrived.
He _______ (practice) the guitar for years before he joined the band.
He'd been practicing the guitar for years before he joined the band.
We _______ (not / see) the movie before last night.
We hadn't seen the movie before last night.
I _______ (work) all day before I took a break.
I'd been working all day before I took a break.