Look at the following situations. Add a sentence in each case in the Past Perfect Tense using the words in brackets.
a. I went to visit grandpa in the hospital but he wasn't there.(he/already /go/home).
b. Mum was delighted when Dad took her to a spa. (she/never/be/to one before)
Answers
The sentences in Past Perfect Tense in each case can be added as shown below:
a) He had already gone home.
b) She had never gone to any spa before. Or She had never gone to anyone before.
Explanation
Past Perfect Tense is used to refer to an action that happened before another action in the past. In this sentence 'they' ‘had finished’ the work before 'you' came’. There were two actions. Finishing the work happened first; coming of 'you' happened after the finishing. So, we used the past perfect.
Answer:
I went to visit grandpa in the hospital but he wasn't there. He had already gone home. b. Mum was delighted when Dad took her to a spa. She had never been to one before. The past perfect tense indicates that an action was completed (finished or "perfected") at some point in the past before something else happened. This tense is formed with the past tense form of "to have" (HAD) plus the past participle of the verb.
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