Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tenses is used when an event is completed before a certain event. It is past of past!
Examples:
Past Past of past
1. By the time I went home my children had slept.
2. By the time we reach the theatre, the movie had started.
3. By the time I went to the office, my boss had arrived.
4. I went to the station but the train hadn’t arrived
5. I went to the market, But the shops hadn’t opened.
6. I went to my friend’s house in the morning But he hadn’t got up.
7. By the time I reach the function The guests had left.
8. By the time I called the post office It had closed.
Activity – 1
Use the clues and complete the following sentences.
Examples:
Past Past of past
1. By the time I reach, hospital My grandmother, die.
2. By the time I leave the school Non teaching staff leave.
3. By the time I finish my lunch, I get 3 missed calls.
4. By the time I meet my friend, He, has lunch.
5. I rush, to the stadium But the match, start.
6. I came out of the theatre But the autos, leave.
7. By the time I got up All my friends in the hostel, leave.
8. By the time, I go the bank The manager, leave.