PAST PERFECT

HOW DOES IT WORK? In Spanish, the past perfect tense is formed by using the imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb "haber" with the past participle. Haber is conjugated as follows: había habías había habíamos habíais habían

HAD

HAD NOT HADN'T

The past perfect tense I had eaten my breakfast Look at this sentence . I had eaten my breakfast before I went to school.

How is the past perfect formed? Had + un verbo en pasado participio y luego un sujeto y un verbo en pasado Ali had played football before he went back home.

Look at this example. After he had taken his music lesson, he made a telephone call.

What had Ali done before he went fishing? Ali had repaired his car, before he went fishing.

after {had+PP} Past simple La llave para entender es : después de la palabra after y as soon as vendrá un pasado perfecto after as soon as {had+PP} Past simple After she had eaten her food As soon she had eaten her food

{past simple} +PASADO PERFECTO before By the time La clave es : cuando va la palabra before o by the time , debe seguir un tiempo verbal en pasado before {past simple} +PASADO PERFECTO By the time Before I ATE MY FOOD I HAD GONE TO THE SUPERMARKET

USOS . We use the past perfect to talk about an action which happened before another action in the past

After I had finished work ,I watched TV Make similar sentences using after and before. Finish work-watch TV After I had finished work ,I watched TV Before I watched TV ,I had finished my work.

By the time I went to school,I had eaten my breakfast. Make similar sentences using by the time and as soon as Eat breakfast-go to school By the time I went to school,I had eaten my breakfast. As soon as I had eaten my breakfast,I went to school

By the time the police arrived,the thief had escaped. Make similar sentences using by the time and as soon as Police arrive-thief escape By the time the police arrived,the thief had escaped. As soon as the thief had escaped ,the police arrived.

So it is correct to say: After he had finished the meeting ,he made a telephone call. OR Before he made a telephone call ,he had finished the meeting.

PALABRAS USADAS EN EL PASADO PERFECTO AS SOON AS BY THE TIME AFTER BEFORE WHEN