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6. Grandmother/talk/on the phone.

7. Grandfather/take/a walk in the garden.

8. The cat/sleep/in the basket.

Past Perfect Tense

Uses

We use the past perfect tense to talk about Note

1. an action that happened before another action in the Past perfect is the same as
past. For example, present perfect in the past
context. For example,
y I had read the novel before I watched the film. • There is no cake left; he
y After I had left home, it started to rain. has eaten it up.
2. imaginary things in the past. For example, • There was no cake left;

y If I had known that you were ill, I would have he had eaten it all.
helped you.

y If she had studied harder, she would have passed the exam.
3. an action that finished in the past and
whose result was visible in the past. Remember
For example, Time expressions used with the

y When I met Roshni yesterday, she past perfect tense are for, since,
was crying because she had lost already, after, just, never, yet,
her bicycle. before, by, by the time.

Structure

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I had finished. I had not finished. Had I finished?

You had finished. You had not finished. Had you finished?

He had finished. He had not finished. Had he finished?

She had finished. She had not finished. Had she finished?

It had finished. It had not finished. Had it finished?

We had finished. We had not finished. Had we finished?

They had finished. They had not finished. Had they finished?

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