2. PAST PERFECT TENSE- I/We/They/You + HAD (=I’d) He/She/It + Had (=he’d) Finished, lost, done, been etc.
3. The past perfect is had + past participle. The past participle often ends – ed (finished, decided), but many verbs are irregular ( lost, done, been, written)
4. Time words used it:Past perfect simple- by the time, after, before, by six o’clock/midnight
5. Example:When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home.Сарааг үдэшлэгэнд ирэхэд Паул аль хэдийнээ явчихсан байсан.
6. By the time we got to the cinema, the film had already started. Биднийг кино театрт очиход аль хэдийн кино эхэлчихсэн байсан.
7. Exercise:1.She……….(leave) before Paul arrived.2. She let me use her camera after she……….(show)me how to use it.
8. 1.She had left before Paul arrived.2. She let me use her camera after she had showed me how to use it.
10. The past perfect continuous is had been+ verb + ing Time words used it:past perfect continuous- for, since
11. Example: She was tired because she’d been working very hard.Тэр маш шаргуу ажилласан байсан учраас ядарсан.
12. He’d been smoking for thirty years.Тэр 30 жилийн турш тамхи татсаар байна.
13. Exercise:1. The team………….(practise) for the big match since January.2. Maria……….....(learn) English for two years.3.George…………(feel) well recently.
14. 1. The team had been practising for the big match since January.2. Maria had been learning English for two years.3.George had been learning well recently.