The meal on lal express was served 4 h 37 min after we boarded. This was 2 h 12 min before we reached delhi. How long was our journey?
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John left the house at 7:30 yesterday morning.Mary rang John’s doorbell at 8:15 yesterday.
Both actions happened in the past so we use the past simple tense. But look at how we can combine the sentences.
Mary rang John’s doorbell at 8:15 yesterday but John had already left the house.
We use the past perfect (had left) because the action happened before another action in the past (Mary rang the doorbell.)
Look at some more examples of the past perfect.
When Mrs Brown opened the washing machine she realised she had washed the cat.I got a letter from Jim last week. We’d been at school together but we’d lost touch with each other.
The past perfect is used because they were at school before he received the letter. It refers to an earlier past.
Look at these 2 sentences.
James had cooked breakfast when we got up.James cooked breakfast when we got up.
In the first sentence, the past perfect tells us that James cooked breakfast before we got up. In the second sentence, first we got up and then James cooked breakfast.
Past perfect continuous
The past perfect can also be used in the continuous.
I realised I had been working too hard so I decided to have a holiday.By the time Jane arrived we had been waiting for 3 hours.
Both actions happened in the past so we use the past simple tense. But look at how we can combine the sentences.
Mary rang John’s doorbell at 8:15 yesterday but John had already left the house.
We use the past perfect (had left) because the action happened before another action in the past (Mary rang the doorbell.)
Look at some more examples of the past perfect.
When Mrs Brown opened the washing machine she realised she had washed the cat.I got a letter from Jim last week. We’d been at school together but we’d lost touch with each other.
The past perfect is used because they were at school before he received the letter. It refers to an earlier past.
Look at these 2 sentences.
James had cooked breakfast when we got up.James cooked breakfast when we got up.
In the first sentence, the past perfect tells us that James cooked breakfast before we got up. In the second sentence, first we got up and then James cooked breakfast.
Past perfect continuous
The past perfect can also be used in the continuous.
I realised I had been working too hard so I decided to have a holiday.By the time Jane arrived we had been waiting for 3 hours.
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Time taken till they had meal = 4h 37min
Time taken from having meal to Delhi = 2h 12min
Total time of journey = 4h 37min + 2h 12min = 6hr 49min
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