Unit 15: Past perfect

Question 1

A) What is the formula of the past perfect?

Answer 1

had + past participle

Question 2

A) Sometimes we talk about something that happened in the past:

• Sarah arrived at the party.

What is the symbol of this sentences in the context of the past perfect?

What do we do when we want to talk about things that happened before this time?

Answer 2

It is the starting point of the story

We use the past perfect

Example: when Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home

Question 3

Conjugate the past simple of « to go ».

Answer 3

I had gone

you had gone

he/she/it had gone

we had gone

you had gone

they had gone

Question 4

When do we use the past perfect?

Answer 4

Only when the sentences before started with a in the past simple