ENGLISH

PAST PERFECT
Name: Walter Rodriguez
Date: Wednesday, 29 de April, 2015.

Past Perfect (Pasado perfecto)

El pasado perfecto en ingls corresponde al pluscuamperfecto de espaol.
En general, lo usamos para acciones que han ocurrido antes de otra accin en
el pasado. Igual que en el presente perfecto, se forma el pasado perfecto con el
verbo auxiliar "to have" y el participio pasado. El verbo auxiliar estar en
pasado.
Subject

Auxiliary Short Form

Past Participle
I'd,
you'd,
he'd,
I, You, He, She, It, We,
Studied,
visited,
had
she'd, it'd, we'd,
They
worked...
they'd
Note: Ten cuidado: La contraccin "-'d" tambin se utiliza con el verbo modal
"would" para formar el condicional. Como tal, la forma corta "I'd" puede tener
dos significados diferentes. Podemos distinguir entre estos dos significados por
la forma del verbo principal que les sigue. Si queremos decir "I'd" en el sentido
de pasado perfecto, el verbo principal est en la forma de participio pasado,
mientras que con el condicional, "I'd" va seguido por el verbo en infinitivo. Para
ms informacin, ver la leccin sobre las frases condicionales.
Affirmative Sentences (Frases afirmativas)
Estructura Sujeto + "had" + participio pasado...
Ejemplos:
I'd visited the Louvre before so I knew where the Mona Lisa was.
They'd studied English before they went to London.
Negative Sentences (Frases negativas)
Estructura Sujeto + "had" + "not" + participio pasado...
Ejemplos:
I hadn't visited the Louvre before so I didn't know where the Mona Lisa was.
Henry changed careers even though he hadn't worked as an accountant for
long.
Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas)
Estructura"Had" + sujeto + participio pasado...?
Ejemplos:
How did you know where the Mona Lisa was? Had you visited the Louvre
before?

Had Henry worked as an accountant for long before he changed careers?

ENGLISH
PAST PERFECT
Name: Walter Rodriguez
Date: Wednesday, 29 de April, 2015.

Past Perfect
The past perfect in English corresponds to the Spanish pluperfect. In general,
we use it for actions that occurred before another action in the past. As in the
present perfect, past perfect is formed with the auxiliary verb "to have" and the
past participle. The auxiliary verb is in the past.
Subject

Auxiliary Short Form

Past Participle
I'd,
you'd,
he'd,
I, You, He, She, It, We,
Studied,
visited,
had
she'd, it'd, we'd,
They
worked...
they'd
Note: Be careful: The "-'d" contraction also used the modal verb "would" to
form the conditional. As such, the short form "I'd" can have two different
meanings. We can distinguish between these two meanings of the shape of the
main verb that follows. If we say "I'd" in the sense of perfect past, the main
verb is in the past participle form, while the conditional, "I'd" is followed by the
infinitive. For more information, see the lesson on conditional sentences.
Affirmative Sentences
Subject structure + "had" + past participle...
Examples:
I'd visited the Louvre before so I knew where the Mona Lisa was.
They'd studied English before they went to London.
Negative Sentences
Subject structure + "had" + "not" + past participle...
Examples:
I hadn't visited the Louvre before so I didn't know where the Mona Lisa was.
Henry changed careers even though he hadn't worked as an accountant for
long.
Interrogative Sentences
structure "Had" + sujeto + past participle...?
Examples:
How did you know where the Mona Lisa was? Had you visited the Louvre
before?

Had Henry worked as an accountant for long before he changed careers?