O past perfect é usado para expressar uma ação que ocorreu no pass
ado antes de uma outra ação ter ocorrido. Esse tempo verbal é marcado pela forma:
Sujeito + had + verbo principal no particípio passado + complemento The movie had already started when I got home yesterday. (O filme já tinha começado quando eu cheguei em casa ontem).
Para a forma negativa basta acrescentar o “not” após o “had”; e para as frases interrogativas, inverter o “had”, colocando-o no início da frase, conforme a tabela abaixo:
Negativa | Interrogativa |
I had not / I hadn’t | Had I…? |
You had not / you hadn’t | Had you …? |
He had not / he hadn’t | Had he…? |
She had not / she hadn’t | Had she…? |
It had not / it hadn’t | Had it…? |
We had not / we hadn’t | Had we…? |
You had not / you hadn’t | Had you…? |
They had not / they hadn’t | Had they…? |
Ex.:
I hadn’t cleaned my bedroom when my mother arrived home this weekend. (Eu não tinha limpado meu quarto quando minha mãe chegou em casa nesse final de semana).
The game hadn’t started when we got to the stadium. (O jogo não tinha começado quando nós chegamos ao estádio).
The game hadn’t started when we got to the stadium. (O jogo não tinha começado quando nós chegamos ao estádio).
She hadn’t made the dinner when the guests arrived. (Ela não tinha feito o jantar quando os convidados chegaram).
Had you danced before the end of the party? (Você tinha dançado antes do fim da festa?).
Had they sent all the invitations before the wedding? (Eles tinham enviado todos os convites antes do casamento?).
Had the play already started when you got to the theater yesterday? (A peça já tinha começado quando vocês chegaram ao teatro ontem?).Font:Brasilescola fto;rasyaqabatrisia
Had they sent all the invitations before the wedding? (Eles tinham enviado todos os convites antes do casamento?).
Had the play already started when you got to the theater yesterday? (A peça já tinha começado quando vocês chegaram ao teatro ontem?).Font:Brasilescola fto;rasyaqabatrisia
Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense - Past Perfect or Simple Past. Toggle example | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1. | After she (finish) breakfast she left the house. |
2. | He told me he (never be) to Australia before. |
3. | I told him twice that I (not know) him. |
4. | When I looked at the lorry I could see that somebody (drive) into the back of it. |
5. | I was frightened because the police (come) for my sister. |
6. | I couldn't get in because I (lose) my keys. |
7. | The doctor examined her leg and (find) that she had broken it. |
8. | He started to read the newspaper he (buy) an hour earlier. |
9. | Before he came to Warsaw he (live) in Prague. |
10. | I was feeling very thirsty because I (drink) too much alcohol the night before. |
11. | He (spend) three years in Tahiti when he was a child. |
12. | The movie (start already) when we arrived to the cinema. |
13. | He told me he (never see) anything like that. |
14. | I felt really stupid because I (make) a lot of mistakes. |
15. | When she (hear) the noise she turned to see what it was. |
16. | I told him I didn't know who (steal) his pen. |
17. | When I saw her I knew we (never meet) before. |
18. | I was hungry because I (not eat) since breakfast. |
19. | I (write) a long letter to my mother yesterday. |
20. | I paid for the window because my son (break) .font:nonstopenglish |