Learn Past Perfect Tense | Basic English Grammar Course

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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

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Hi, everybody.
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āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧇āύ.
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I'm Esther.
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āχāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĨ¤
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In this video, I will introduce the past perfect tense.
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āĻāχ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ
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This tense is used to describe an action that took place at a specific time in the past.
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϘāϟāĻŋāϤ
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤
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This tense can be a little tricky, but don't worry I will guide you through it.
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āĻāχ āĻ•āĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇,
āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāχāĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
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There's so much to learn and it's a very important tense.
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āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āφāϛ⧇
āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāϞāĨ¤
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So keep watching.
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύāĨ¤
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Let's take a look at the first usage of the past perfect tense.
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āϚāϞ⧁āύ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•
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This tense can be used to describe an action in the past
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āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇
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that happened before another action in the past.
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āϝāĻž āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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Here are some examples.
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ.
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‘I have visited China before I moved there.’
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'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻšā§€āύ āϏāĻĢāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤'
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No matter what the subject you follow with ‘had’,
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ 'āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ' āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇
āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ āύāĻž
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So that's easy.
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, āϤāĻžāχ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻšāϜāĨ¤
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‘I had’ ‘Steve had’
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'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ'
'āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ'
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‘The plane had’ and ‘We had’.
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'āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ'
āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ'āĨ¤
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Then, we follow with the past participle of the verb.
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āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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In this case, it's ‘visited’.
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āĻāχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ 'āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ'āĨ¤
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‘I had visited China.’
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'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšā§€āύ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤'
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Now you'll notice that the second verb is in the past simple tense.
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āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ
āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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‘I moved there.’
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'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤'
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And I'll talk about that a little bit more later on.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇.
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‘Steve had bought the book.’
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'āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻŦāχāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤'
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Again, ‘subject’, ‘had’ and ‘past participle’.
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āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, 'āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ', 'āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϏāĻŋāĻĒāϞ'āĨ¤
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In this case, the verb is ‘buy’.
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āĻāχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ 'āĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ'āĨ¤
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‘Steve had bought the book before he read it.’
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'āĻŦāχāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤'
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Again, we have the simple tense of ‘read’ which is ‘read’.
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āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ 'āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ' āĻāϰ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞ āφāϛ⧇ āϝāĻž 'āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž'āĨ¤
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And finally, ‘The plane had left by the time I got to the airport.’
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇,
'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤'
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Again, the first part of this sentence is in the past perfect tense.
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āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ
āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰāĨ¤
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‘The plane had left’.
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'āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇'āĨ¤
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This is the past participle of ‘leave’.
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āĻāϟāĻŋ 'āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ—'-āĻāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĨ¤
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The second verb says, ‘I got to the airport.’
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āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇, 'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤'
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‘got’ is the past tense of ‘get’.
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'got' āĻšāϞ 'get'-āĻāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞāĨ¤
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Now what these three sentences have in common is that you'll see, ‘before’.
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āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāχ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϞ āφāϛ⧇
āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ, 'āφāϗ⧇'āĨ¤
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‘before’ or ‘by the time’.
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'āφāϗ⧇' āĻŦāĻž 'āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇'āĨ¤
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They all mean the same thing.
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āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦ āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇.
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The verb that is in the past perfect tense happened first.
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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The verb that's in the past simple tense happen after.
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āϝ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĨ¤
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So again, for the first example.
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āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ.
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‘before I move there’ That happened later.
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'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇'
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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Before that, ‘I had already visited China.’
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āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ 'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻšā§€āύ āϏāĻĢāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤'
02:25
Do you understand how that works?
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇?
02:27
Let's take a look at the last example.
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āϚāϞ⧁āύ āĻļ⧇āώ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
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‘When they arrived, we had already started the game.’
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'āĻ“āϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāϗ⧇āχ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤'
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So maybe they were late or something had happened.
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻšāϝāĻŧāϤ⧋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02:37
But ‘When they arrived’, this is the past simple tense.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ 'āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϞ⧋',
āĻāϟāĻžāχ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞāĨ¤
02:42
So this happened second.
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻāχ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇.
02:44
‘We had already started the game.’
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'āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāϗ⧇āχ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤'
02:47
This action had already started.
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āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02:50
It started before this action.
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āĻāχ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02:54
Let's move on.
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āϚāϞ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āχ.
02:55
Earlier I mentioned that the past perfect tense can be used to describe an action
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ
āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇
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that happened in the past before another action in the past.
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āϘāĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇
03:05
We can do the same thing but also emphasize the duration.
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āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ
āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰāĻ“ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
03:09
How long that first action happened.
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āĻ•āϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇.
03:12
We do this by using four and a duration.
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āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϚāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
03:16
Let's take a look.
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āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•.
03:17
‘I had owned my computer for two months before it broke.’
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'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤'
03:23
This is very similar to the first usage.
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āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧂āĻĒāĨ¤
03:26
‘I had’ and the past participle of the verb.
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'I had' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻāϟāĻŋāϰ past participle.
03:31
This part shows the action that happened earlier in the past.
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āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āφāϗ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03:36
The second part, ‘it broke’.
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āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, 'āχāϟ āĻŦā§āϰ⧇āĻ•'āĨ¤
03:38
The past simple tense verb shows the action in the past
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ
03:42
that happened later than the first action.
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āϝāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03:46
However, you'll notice that this sentence has a duration, ‘for two months’.
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āϝāĻžāχāĻšā§‹āĻ•, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋāϰ
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, 'āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ'āĨ¤
03:52
‘I had owned my computer for two months before it broke.’
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'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤'
03:56
All I'm doing here is showing how long the first action had been true.
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻļāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϤāĻĻāĻŋāύ
āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04:02
Let's take a look at the next example.
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āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
04:05
‘Jim had been lonely for a long time until he got a puppy.’
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'āϜāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāĻ›āĻžāύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤'
04:10
Again, we have subject ‘had’, past participle.
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āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ subject 'had', past participle āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϏāĻšāϜ 'āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāĻ›āĻžāύāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇'āĨ¤
04:16
And then we have the past simple ‘he got a puppy’.
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04:21
All we're doing here is emphasizing how long first action had been true.
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āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻļāύ āĻ•āϤāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04:27
He had been lonely for a long time.
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04:30
That is until the later action, ‘he got a puppy.’
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āϝ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻļāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ,
'āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāĻ›āĻžāύāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤'
04:35
And finally, ‘She and I had been friends for many years before she became my wife.’
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇,
'āϏ⧇
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ
04:42
The first part of the sentence is the past perfect.
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āĨ¤' āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤāĨ¤
04:46
It happened before she became my wife.
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āĻāϟāĻž āϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04:50
But I want to explain how long that had been true for many years.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ āĻ•āϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ
āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04:55
Let's move on.
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āϚāϞ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āχ.
04:57
Now I'll introduce how to form the negative in the past perfect tense.
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āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇
āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
05:02
Take a look at the board.
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āĨ¤ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύāĻŋāύāĨ¤
05:04
The first sentence says, ‘I had not eaten at the restaurant before I went yesterday.’
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇,
'āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤'
05:11
Again, we have the past perfect tense here and the past simple tense here.
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āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ past perfect tense
āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ past simple tense āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
05:17
This one is the action that happened earlier in the past
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āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
āϝāĻž āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āφāϗ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
05:21
And this one over here is the action that happened later in the past.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
āϝāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05:26
However, because this is the negative, what I'm going to do is add a 'not' between
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āϝāĻžāχāĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ•,
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ
'had' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ 'not' āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
05:33
the ‘had’ and the past participle of the verb.
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05:36
So I say, ‘I have not eaten’.
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻŦāϞāĻŋ, 'āĻ–āĻžāχāύāĻŋ'āĨ¤
05:40
Or I can use the contraction
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āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ,
05:42
and say, ‘I hadn't eaten at the restaurant before I went yesterday.’
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'āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤'
05:48
The next sentence is very similar.’
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āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āχ āϰāĻ•āĻŽāĨ¤'
05:51
‘She had not been to the circus before she went last week.’
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' āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻžāϏ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ āĨ¤'
05:55
Here's the action that happened earlier in the past,
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āφāϗ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ,
05:59
and here's the action that happened later in the past.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ.
06:03
However, again, because it's negative,
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āϝāĻžāχāĻšā§‹āĻ•, āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ•, āφāĻŽāĻŋ 'had'
06:07
I put a 'not' between ‘had’ and the past participle of the verb.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāϰ
āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ 'not' āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽ āĨ¤
06:12
Also, I can use the contraction and say, ‘She hadn't been to the circus.’
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āĻāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ,
'āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻžāϏ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤'
06:19
The next sentence says,
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āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇,
06:21
‘The cat hadn't chased the bird for very long before it flew away.’
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'āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇
āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋ āĨ¤'
06:26
Remember, we can show duration,
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āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŦ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ,
06:29
or how long the first action was true.
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āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻļāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06:31
by using 'for' and a duration.
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'āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
06:35
Because this is the negative form,
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āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āϰ⧂āĻĒ,
06:38
again, I use 'had not' after the subject and before the past participle of the verb
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āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇
āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇
06:45
In this case, the contraction ‘hadn't’ is already there for you.
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'had not' āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ
āĻāχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ 'hadn't'
06:50
‘We hadn't known each other for three months before we married.’
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āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ ' āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāύāϤāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻž
06:55
That's a pretty short time.
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āĨ¤' āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ.
06:57
It shows the duration by saying ‘for’, How long?
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āĻāϟāĻŋ 'for' āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ,
āĻ•āϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ? 'āϤāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻžāϏ'
07:01
‘three months’
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07:03
Let's move on.
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āϚāϞ⧁āύ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāχāĨ¤
07:04
Now, let's take a look at questions using ‘had’ in the past perfect tense.
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āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ 'had'
āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•
07:10
Take a look at the first sentence.
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āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āύāĨ¤
07:12
It says, ‘She had eaten lunch by noon.’
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āĻāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, 'āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤'
07:16
Now, to turn this into a question is quite easy.
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āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϏāĻšāϜāĨ¤
07:20
All you have to do is change the order of the first two words.
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āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ
07:24
So instead of ‘she had’, we say ‘Had she’.
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āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ 'āϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ' āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇,
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŋ 'āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āϏ⧇'āĨ¤
07:28
‘Had she eaten lunch by noon?’
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'āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇?'
07:31
You can say, ‘Yes, she had.’
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ, 'āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤' āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž 'āύāĻž, āϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤'
07:33
or ‘No, she hadn't.’
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07:36
The next sentence says, ‘It had rained before they left.’
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āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇,
'āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤'
07:40
Again simply switched the order of the first two words.
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āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāϜāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ.
07:44
Instead of ‘It had’, say ‘Had it’ to make a question.
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ 'āĻāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ'-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ 'Had it' āĻŦāϞ⧁āύāĨ¤
07:49
‘Had it rained before they left?’
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'āĻ“āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ?'
07:52
To reply you can say, ‘Yes, it had.’
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ, 'āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤' āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž 'āύāĻž, āĻāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤'
07:55
or ‘No, it hadn't.’
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07:58
Let's move on now.
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āϚāϞ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āχ. āĻāĻ–āύ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ
07:59
I'll go into how to form ‘WH’ questions in the past perfect tense.
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ 'WH' āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ
āĨ¤
08:05
Let's take a look.
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āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•.
08:07
Here we see at the beginning of each question a 'WH' word.
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ 'WH' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāχāĨ¤
08:12
‘where’, ‘who’, ‘what’, and ‘how’.
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'āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ',
'āϕ⧇',
'āϕ⧀',
āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇'āĨ¤
08:17
Let's take a look at the first question.
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
08:20
‘Where had he traveled before?’
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'āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ?'
08:23
You'll notice that after each ‘WH’ word, we have ‘had’.
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ 'WH' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ 'had' āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
08:29
And then the subject and then the past participle of the verb.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ subject āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ verb āĻāϰ past participle.
08:34
‘Where had he traveled before?’
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'āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ?'
08:38
The next question says, ‘Who had she talked to before?’
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āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇,
'āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ?'
āĻāχ āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ
08:43
This is the same thing the ‘WH’ word
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'WH' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ 'had she' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ past participle.
08:46
‘had she’ and then the past participle.
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08:50
You'll notice here that we have the word ‘before’, but we didn't write a specific point in time.
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ 'āφāϗ⧇' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇,
āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
08:57
If you see that it simply means before now.
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āĨ¤
09:01
The next question says, ‘What had he eaten before lunch?’
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āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻŦāϞ⧇,
'āϏ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϕ⧀ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ?'
āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āχ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ,
09:07
Again we follow the same formula, however, here it says ‘lunch for you'.
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āϝāĻžāχāĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ 'āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ'āĨ¤
09:13
The last one says,
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āĻļ⧇āώ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ,
09:14
‘How long had she known him before she dated him?’
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'āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āϤāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāύāϤ?'
09:19
Again how long ‘had’ + ‘subject’ and then the past participle.
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āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ 'had' + 'subject'
āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ past participleāĨ¤
09:26
Let's take a look at how to answer these questions.
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āϚāϞ⧁āύ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
09:30
‘Where had he traveled before?’
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'āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ?'
09:33
‘He had traveled to Europe.’
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'āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āχāωāϰ⧋āĻĒ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤'
09:35
is one possible answer.
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĨ¤
09:38
‘Who had she talked to before?’
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'āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ?'
09:41
Here I can say, ‘She had talked to her brother.’
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ, 'āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤'
09:46
‘What had he eaten before lunch?’
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'āϏ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϕ⧀ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ?'
09:49
‘He had eaten sushi before lunch.’
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'āϏ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤'
09:53
And finally, ‘How long had she known him before she dated him?’
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇,
'āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āϤāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāύāϤ?'
09:58
‘She had known him for three years.’
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'āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āύ⧇āύāĨ¤'
10:01
That is one possible answer.
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āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĨ¤
10:03
Let's move on.
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āϚāϞ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āχ.
10:05
Great job, everyone.
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āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ, āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ. āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ
10:06
Now you have a better understanding of the past perfect tense.
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇
āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ
āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇
10:11
I know it can be a little difficult but keep studying,
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāύ,
10:14
and keep practicing, and you will get better.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
10:17
I know studying English is not easy but with time and effort,
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻšāϜ āύāϝāĻŧ
āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇,
10:21
I know you'll master it.
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10:23
Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next video
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