Practice Past Perfect Tense | Basic English Grammar Course | Check Up

Hi, everybody.

Kumusta, lahat.

I'm Esther.

Ako si Esther.

Now let's take a look at some practice exercises for the basic usage of the past perfect tense.

Ngayon tingnan natin ang ilang pagsasanay na pagsasanay

para sa pangunahing paggamit ng past perfect tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Tingnan ang unang pangungusap.

‘I blank for six hours before I had a break.’

'Blanko ako ng anim na oras bago ako magpahinga.'

The verb here is ‘work’.

Ang pandiwa dito ay 'trabaho'.

Remember, we need to say ‘I had’.

Tandaan, kailangan nating sabihin ang 'I had'.

No matter what the subject is, say ‘had’.

Anuman ang paksa, sabihin ang 'nagkaroon'.

And then, you take the past participle of the verb.

At pagkatapos, kunin mo ang past participle ng pandiwa.

In this case, we would say ‘worked’.

Sa kasong ito, sasabihin naming 'nagtrabaho'.

‘I had worked for six hours before I had a break.’

'Nagtrabaho ako ng anim na oras bago ako nagpahinga.'

For the next sentence, I want you to try the negative form.

Para sa susunod na pangungusap, gusto kong subukan mo ang negatibong anyo.

‘We blank TV before we listened to the radio.’

'Blanko namin ang TV bago kami nakinig sa radyo.'

Remember, for the negative form, we say ‘had not’

Tandaan, para sa negatibong anyo, sinasabi nating 'wala pa'

or we use the contraction, ‘hadn't’.

o ginagamit natin ang contraction, 'hindi pa'.

‘We hadn’t’.

'Hindi namin ginawa'.

And then, we need the past participle.

At pagkatapos, kailangan natin ang past participle.

‘We hadn't watched TV before we listened to the radio.’

'Hindi kami nanonood ng TV bago kami nakinig sa radyo.'

Now find the mistake in the next sentence.

Ngayon hanapin ang pagkakamali sa susunod na pangungusap.

‘Reggie had it be to Mexico before he went to Peru.’

'Napunta si Reggie sa Mexico bago siya pumunta sa Peru.'

Well, we have the subject here and for the negative, ‘hadn't’ is correct.

Well, mayroon kaming paksa dito at para sa negatibo, 'hindi' ay tama.

However, we need the past participle of the verb ‘be’.

Gayunpaman, kailangan natin ang past participle ng pandiwa na 'be'.

So the correct answer is,

Kaya ang tamang sagot ay,

‘Reggie hadn't been to Mexico before he went to Peru.’

'Hindi pa nakapunta si Reggie sa Mexico bago siya pumunta sa Peru.'

And finally, ‘Sally and Jan or they had do their job.’

At sa wakas, 'Sally at Jan o ginawa nila ang kanilang trabaho.'

Hmm.

Hmm.

Remember, we need the past participle.

Tandaan, kailangan natin ang past participle.

We don't say do.

Hindi namin sinasabing gawin.

We say ‘done’.

Sabi namin 'tapos na'.

‘Sally and Jan had done their job before they watched TV.’

'Ginawa na nina Sally at Jan ang kanilang trabaho bago sila manood ng TV.'

Let's move on.

Mag-move on na tayo.

In this checkup, we'll take a look at some practice exercises

Sa pagsusuring ito,

titingnan natin ang ilang pagsasanay

for the past perfect tense that describes how long.

para sa past perfect tense na naglalarawan kung gaano katagal.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

Tingnan natin ang unang pangungusap.

‘You blank at the park for three hours before you came home.’

'Blanko ka sa park

sa loob ng tatlong oras bago ka umuwi.'

Remember, we start with the subject and then ‘had’.

Tandaan, nagsisimula tayo sa paksa at pagkatapos ay 'nagkaroon'.

Kaya't idadagdag ko iyan dito,

So I'm going to add that here,

then we need the past participle of the verb ‘be’.

pagkatapos ay kailangan natin ang past participle ng pandiwa na 'be'.

And that is ‘been’.

At iyon ay 'naging'.

‘You had been at the park for three hours before you came home.’

'Tatlong oras ka na sa parke

bago ka umuwi.'

The next sentence says,

Ang susunod na pangungusap ay nagsasabing,

‘They blank for six hours before they took a break.’

'Blanko sila sa loob ng anim na oras bago sila magpahinga.'

Again, no matter what the subject, we have ‘had’ and then the past participle.

Muli, kahit na ano ang paksa,

mayroon tayong 'mayroon' at pagkatapos ay ang past participle.

So the answer is,

Kaya ang sagot ay,

‘They had studied for six hours before they took a break.’

'Nag-aral sila ng anim na oras bago sila nagpahinga.'

Now, find the mistake in the next sentence.

Ngayon, hanapin ang pagkakamali sa susunod na pangungusap.

It's a little bit longer so it might take you a while.

Medyo mahaba pa kaya baka matagalan ka.

‘They had been known each other for ten years before they had their first fight.’

'Sampung taon na silang magkakilala

bago sila nagkaroon ng kanilang unang laban.'

Can you find the mistake?

Maaari mong mahanap ang pagkakamali?

Well, we have the subject and ‘had’, but check this out.

Well, mayroon kaming paksa at 'nagkaroon',

ngunit tingnan ito.

There are two past participles here.

Mayroong dalawang past participle dito.

We need to get rid of one of them.

Kailangan nating alisin ang isa sa kanila.

We can take out this verb and say, ‘They had known each other for ten years

Maaari nating alisin ang pandiwang ito at sabihing,

'Nagkakilala sila sa loob ng sampung taon

before they had their first fight.’

bago sila nagkaroon ng kanilang unang laban.'

The next sentence says, ‘I have played soccer for many years before I scored my first goal.’

Ang susunod na pangungusap ay nagsasabing,

'Naglaro ako ng soccer sa loob ng maraming taon

bago ako nakapuntos ng aking unang layunin.'

This sentence doesn't look wrong at first.

Ang pangungusap na ito ay hindi mukhang mali sa una.

But remember, in the past perfect tense, we need to say ‘had’.

Ngunit tandaan, sa past perfect tense,

kailangan nating sabihin na 'may'.

‘I had played soccer for many years before I scored my first goal.’

'Naglaro ako ng soccer sa loob ng maraming taon

bago ko naiiskor ang aking unang layunin.'

Good job, everybody.

Magandang trabaho, lahat. Mag-move on na tayo.

Let's move on.

Great job, everyone.

Mahusay na trabaho, lahat.

Now you have a better understanding of the past perfect tense.

Ngayon ay mayroon kang mas mahusay na pag-unawa

sa past perfect tense.

I know it can be a little difficult but keep studying,

Alam kong medyo mahirap ito

ngunit patuloy na mag-aral, at patuloy na magsanay,

and keep practicing, and you will get better.

at gagaling ka.

I know studying English is not easy but with time and effort,

Alam kong hindi madali ang pag-aaral ng Ingles

ngunit sa oras at pagsisikap, alam kong madarama mo ito.

I know you'll master it.

Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next video.

Maraming salamat sa panonood

at magkikita-kita tayo sa susunod na video.