Thursday 23 June 2016

Past Perfect

Ø  What The Meaning
        Past Perfect tense is often used in english when we are relating to events     which happened in the past. It helps to show which event happened first.

Ø     What Grammar
    v    Active   : S + had + V3 + O / S + had + been + O
    v    Passive  : S + had + been + V3 + by + O

Ø  How To Use
        The past perfect tense is used to show you which of  two events happened first.

Ø  Example :
           q   Singular
              1. Active  : Roni had been read  two hundred  books
                 Passive : Two hundred books had  been  read  by Roni
             2. Active  :  Tina had listened some music
                 Passive : Some music had  been  listened by Tina

  q  Plural
            1. Active  : Jamil and Jamilah had met Roni
                Passive : Roni had been met by Jamil and Jamilah
            2. Active  :  Odi and Adi had borrowed a car
                Passive : A car had been borrowed by Odi and Adi

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