Образование Past Perfect Tense
Утвердительная форма – Subject + had + verb (-ed) or verb (III) + …
We had talked it over before. – Мы это обсуждали раньше.
Отрицательная форма – Subject + had + not + verb (-ed) or verb (III) + …
I hadn’t finished my make-up by that time. – Я еще не закончила краситься к тому времени.
Вопросительная форма – (Question word) + had + subject + verb (-ed) or verb (III) + …?
Had you washed your hands? – Ты вымыл руки?
Короткие ответы
При ответе на вопрос, предполагающий ответ да или нет, используются следующие шаблоны:
Had you washed your face? – Yes, I had. – (положительный ответ) – No, I had not. – (отрицательный ответ)
Упражнение 5
Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Perfect.
1. He never (to be) to Oxford before. 2. He … (to watch) this TV programme before his parents came home. 3. When I found my camera the butterfly already (to fly) away. 4. Sheila and Witty … (to send) the invitations for the conference before Friday. 5. Sandra (to suffer) from pneumonia for many years. 6. A group of tourists already … (to visit) this cathedral before the guide told them about its history. 7. Tony (not to appear) on TV before that. 8. His nephew … (to move) to a new flat by the beginning of September. 9. My cousin (to buy) the tickets before we came. 10. The accident … (to happen) before Henry understood anything. 11. I was too tired because my working day (to start) at six. 12. It … (to stop) raining by the evening. 13. John and Andrew … (to get) to the hotel before night. 14. You … (to make) a decision before our talk. 15. I … (to meet) your brother before we both entered university. 16. We … (to make) photocopies of the documents by six o’clock yesterday.
Упражнение 6
Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Perfect.
Many hundreds of years ago a king went to see a fortune teller to know about his future life. The fortune teller told the king, “Your wife will die this year”. But the king didn’t believe what the fortune teller … (to predict). Later that year the king’s wife died. The king remembered what the fortune teller … (to tell) him and thought that she … (to cause) the death of his wife. So he decided to put the fortune teller to death. After the soldiers … (to bring) the fortune teller to the king, he reminded her of what she … (to predict). “If you are a real fortune teller, you must know the day of your own death”, said the king. The fortune teller realized that the king … (to decide) to kill her. So she thought very carefully and then answered, “I’ll die three days before you do, your majesty.
Будущее совершенное время – The Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense – будущее совершенное время, описывает действие, которое уже совершится и будет закончено к определенному моменту в будущем.
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