Grammar
we use the past perfect to...
talk about an action that happened before another action in the past.
At 7 I had dinner. At 8 I watched tv.
I had already had dinner when I watched tv.
1 - I got up
2 - you left the house
I had already gotten up when you left the house.
I am in a deserted Island and I am starving. I wish I knew how to fish.
the past perfect structure is
had + past participle
Wow, the house looks amazing! Did you hire that painter I told you about? No, I ....
Wow, the house looks amazing! Did you hire that painter I told you about? No, I painted it by myself.
1 - I made breakfast
2 - you finished watching tv
I had already made breakfast when you finished watching tv.
I like gardening so I made this garden .....
I like gardening so I made this garden by myself.
What do we use with the reflexive pronoun to describe that the person is talking about doing something alone, without any help from other people?
by, eg. by myself
I went to the hairdresser and I .... (hair)
I went to the hairdresser and I had my hair cut.
I don't want to work anymore but I have to pay the bills. I wish ....
I don't want to work anymore but I have to pay the bills. I wish I were rich
A - I like doing things myself. I can save money and my car looks amazing.
B - Did you ... (wah/car)
A - I like doing things myself. I can save money and my car looks amazing.
B - Did you wash your car?
We use the causative form to talk about....
services we paid or will pay to have things done by someone else.
The third conditional structure is:
if + had + past participle, modal (could/would/might) + have + past participle.
I did't ask Sally out with me, now I regret it.
I wish I had asked Sally out.
John didn't travel to London last year because his visa expired. If his visa ....
John didn't travel to London last year because his visa expired. If his visa hadn't expired he could have traveled to London.
We use the third conditional to talk about....
unreal, hypothetical versions of the past.
I didn't study for the test and I failed.
If I has studied for the test, I wouldn't have failed.
I am not tall and I can get things from high places. I wish ...
I am not tall and I can get things from high places. I wish I were taller.
Monica didn't turn the A/C on because the technician didn't show up. If the ...
Monica didn't turn the A/C on because the technician didn't show up. If the technician had shown up Monica would have turned the AC on.