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The Past Perfect tense
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3 "I started watching TV after I had finished my homework." In this case, you want to use the past participle. It is also common to hear "I started watching TV after I finished my homework." Those are really the only correct ones. Because you are saying that you started watching TV, you wouldn't be able to say "have finished."
After doing/having done his homework, he watched TV
Its flavour differs a bit from "After he did", because the "had done" version more strongly suggests the completion aspect, i.e. he (had) finished all of his homework before watching TV. With "did", you are just reporting on his activities. First he did some homework (not necessarily all of it), and then he watched some TV.
Past Perfect Simple Tense: How to Use It, With Examples
Need help understanding the past perfect simple tense? Look no further than this guide, which provides clear explanations and examples to help you grasp this grammar concept.
Past Perfect Tense With Examples, Rules, Usage • Englishan
The past perfect tense is a grammatical form used to describe actions that were completed before a specific point in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb "had" followed by the past participle of the main verb. Examples: She had finished the work. They had visited the museum last summer.
When I had watched TV
I know that I can say " After watching TV, I did my homework. " or " After watching TV, I ended up falling asleep on the couch. ", but I'm wondering specifically about the construction in which the word "when" and the past perfect "had watched" are used. Thank you. past-perfect when Share Improve this question asked May 20 at 21:27 prof1589 266 ...
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We cannot say "after you will finish your homework, nor can we say "after you will have finished your homework" because when we use "when" we have to use the present tenses.
Past simple or present perfect?
Already goes after the verb have. I've already finished my homework. We use yet in negative sentences and questions to talk about things that we expect to happen soon. Yet goes at the end of the sentence. Have you finished your homework yet? I haven't finished my homework yet.
PDF Past and Past Perfect Tense
By the time I got to school the lesson had already started. (GET) I had only been washing up for a few minutes when the doorbell rang and our friends arrived. (ONLY WASH) He had heard about the accident before he saw it on TV. (HEAR) I left the office after I had finished writing my last email. (LEAVE)
Perfect tenses worksheet
Perfect tenses worksheet. The perfect tenses are used to talk about actions that are completed at the time of speaking. The three forms of the perfect tenses are: The present perfect tense, the past perfect tense and the future perfect tense. I have finished my homework. (Present perfect tense) I had finished my homework before the guests arrived.
English Grammar Rules
Use after, as soon as, the moment that, until before using the past perfect simple. Ex: After she had moved out, I found her notes./ I didn't say anything until she had finished talking. Use before, when, by the time before the past simple: Ex. Before I knew it, she had run out the door. / By the time he phoned her, she had found someone new.
Daily Routines
Daily routines for School I went to school I had classes I ate lunch / I had lunch I finished school at 3 I went home I did my homework Notice how in this lesson all of these phrases are in the past simple tense and have I (first person singular) as the subject.
I _____ watch TV after I finish my homework. ...
D. ves. How to use : Read the question carefully, then select one of the answers button. About grammarquiz.net. GrammarQuiz.Net - Improve your knowledge of English grammar, the best way to kill your free time. I _____ watch TV after I finish my homework. A. must B. have to C. can D. mustn't - Modals Quiz.
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After the exams had finished, they had a party. When we'd done the washing-up, we watched TV. Mum phoned before she'd heard the news. The party couldn't start until Kate had arrived. We hadn't tried a house swap until this summer.
Watching TV in the Past: Simple and Continuous
Or, we can make the time less specific, either by making it less precise and/or by making it farther in the past. For instance, "I watched TV this morning." (answering the question, "What did you do this morning?") "I watched TV all day Sunday.". 1.B. "I was watching TV an hour ago.". This is better since it clearly refers to an ...
PDF T036- Past Perfect and Past Tense
1. They WENT (GO) home after they HAD FINISHED (FINISH) their homework. 2. She HAD JUST GONE (go) out when I called at her house. 3. The sun had set before I WAS (BE) ready to go. 4. When she came into the room she saw that her husband HAD ALREADY DRUNK (ALREADY DRINK) a lot of alcohol. 5. He HAD LEARNED/HAD BEEN LEARNING (LEARN) English before he left for England. 6. When my husband came home ...
PDF Past or Past Perfect Tense
When the boys arrived at the cinema, the film had already started , ore we reached the station we saw that we had lost our All the tickets had been sold before the concert began. They took a shower after they had finished the game. I asked Mr. Green how many books he had read Mum asked me why I had not tidied up my room.
Can someone help with this Past Perfect sentence, please?
I'm having a hard time to grasp the two events rule on this one! "She had to stay in until she finished her homework." Sounds perfectly fine to me! Why do I end up with "She had to stay in until she HAD finished her homework." sentence-structure past-perfect Share Improve this question edited Mar 23, 2017 at 19:19 Glorfindel ♦ 14.8k 15 70 76 asked Mar 23, 2017 at 18:38 Taynara Leao Segurado ...
Past Perfect
When my mother brought / had brought me an apple, I finished / had finished my homework. Mrs.Wilkinson refused / had refused to drive the car because she had / had had a terrible accident on the highway about a year ago.
Past simple or present perfect?
Past simple or present perfect. How long, for, since, already, yet, before, ever, never, etc. B1 - English intermediate grammar exercises.
Exercises on Simple Past and Present Perfect
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). I (just / finish) my homework. Mary (already / write) five letters. Tom (move) to this town in 1994. My friend (be) in Canada two years ago. I (not / be) to Canada so far. But I (already / travel) to London a couple of times.
Past simple
The past simple is the most common way of talking about past events or states which have finished. It is often used with past time references (e.g. yesterday, two years ago). Please explain past events or states!
Past perfect
Exercises: 1 2 3. Past perfect. Exercise 2. Choose the correct past simple or past perfect forms to complete the sentences below. Page 1 of 2. 1 Mum was angry because when I sat down to watch TV, I _____ my dinner. a. hadn't finished. b. didn't finish. c. hadn't finish.
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3 "I started watching TV after I had finished my homework." In this case, you want to use the past participle. It is also common to hear "I started watching TV after I finished my homework." Those are really the only correct ones. Because you are saying that you started watching TV, you wouldn't be able to say "have finished."
Its flavour differs a bit from "After he did", because the "had done" version more strongly suggests the completion aspect, i.e. he (had) finished all of his homework before watching TV. With "did", you are just reporting on his activities. First he did some homework (not necessarily all of it), and then he watched some TV.
Need help understanding the past perfect simple tense? Look no further than this guide, which provides clear explanations and examples to help you grasp this grammar concept.
The past perfect tense is a grammatical form used to describe actions that were completed before a specific point in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb "had" followed by the past participle of the main verb. Examples: She had finished the work. They had visited the museum last summer.
I know that I can say " After watching TV, I did my homework. " or " After watching TV, I ended up falling asleep on the couch. ", but I'm wondering specifically about the construction in which the word "when" and the past perfect "had watched" are used. Thank you. past-perfect when Share Improve this question asked May 20 at 21:27 prof1589 266 ...
We cannot say "after you will finish your homework, nor can we say "after you will have finished your homework" because when we use "when" we have to use the present tenses.
Already goes after the verb have. I've already finished my homework. We use yet in negative sentences and questions to talk about things that we expect to happen soon. Yet goes at the end of the sentence. Have you finished your homework yet? I haven't finished my homework yet.
By the time I got to school the lesson had already started. (GET) I had only been washing up for a few minutes when the doorbell rang and our friends arrived. (ONLY WASH) He had heard about the accident before he saw it on TV. (HEAR) I left the office after I had finished writing my last email. (LEAVE)
Perfect tenses worksheet. The perfect tenses are used to talk about actions that are completed at the time of speaking. The three forms of the perfect tenses are: The present perfect tense, the past perfect tense and the future perfect tense. I have finished my homework. (Present perfect tense) I had finished my homework before the guests arrived.
Use after, as soon as, the moment that, until before using the past perfect simple. Ex: After she had moved out, I found her notes./ I didn't say anything until she had finished talking. Use before, when, by the time before the past simple: Ex. Before I knew it, she had run out the door. / By the time he phoned her, she had found someone new.
Daily routines for School I went to school I had classes I ate lunch / I had lunch I finished school at 3 I went home I did my homework Notice how in this lesson all of these phrases are in the past simple tense and have I (first person singular) as the subject.
D. ves. How to use : Read the question carefully, then select one of the answers button. About grammarquiz.net. GrammarQuiz.Net - Improve your knowledge of English grammar, the best way to kill your free time. I _____ watch TV after I finish my homework. A. must B. have to C. can D. mustn't - Modals Quiz.
After the exams had finished, they had a party. When we'd done the washing-up, we watched TV. Mum phoned before she'd heard the news. The party couldn't start until Kate had arrived. We hadn't tried a house swap until this summer.
Or, we can make the time less specific, either by making it less precise and/or by making it farther in the past. For instance, "I watched TV this morning." (answering the question, "What did you do this morning?") "I watched TV all day Sunday.". 1.B. "I was watching TV an hour ago.". This is better since it clearly refers to an ...
1. They WENT (GO) home after they HAD FINISHED (FINISH) their homework. 2. She HAD JUST GONE (go) out when I called at her house. 3. The sun had set before I WAS (BE) ready to go. 4. When she came into the room she saw that her husband HAD ALREADY DRUNK (ALREADY DRINK) a lot of alcohol. 5. He HAD LEARNED/HAD BEEN LEARNING (LEARN) English before he left for England. 6. When my husband came home ...
When the boys arrived at the cinema, the film had already started , ore we reached the station we saw that we had lost our All the tickets had been sold before the concert began. They took a shower after they had finished the game. I asked Mr. Green how many books he had read Mum asked me why I had not tidied up my room.
I'm having a hard time to grasp the two events rule on this one! "She had to stay in until she finished her homework." Sounds perfectly fine to me! Why do I end up with "She had to stay in until she HAD finished her homework." sentence-structure past-perfect Share Improve this question edited Mar 23, 2017 at 19:19 Glorfindel ♦ 14.8k 15 70 76 asked Mar 23, 2017 at 18:38 Taynara Leao Segurado ...
When my mother brought / had brought me an apple, I finished / had finished my homework. Mrs.Wilkinson refused / had refused to drive the car because she had / had had a terrible accident on the highway about a year ago.
Past simple or present perfect. How long, for, since, already, yet, before, ever, never, etc. B1 - English intermediate grammar exercises.
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). I (just / finish) my homework. Mary (already / write) five letters. Tom (move) to this town in 1994. My friend (be) in Canada two years ago. I (not / be) to Canada so far. But I (already / travel) to London a couple of times.
The past simple is the most common way of talking about past events or states which have finished. It is often used with past time references (e.g. yesterday, two years ago). Please explain past events or states!
Exercises: 1 2 3. Past perfect. Exercise 2. Choose the correct past simple or past perfect forms to complete the sentences below. Page 1 of 2. 1 Mum was angry because when I sat down to watch TV, I _____ my dinner. a. hadn't finished. b. didn't finish. c. hadn't finish.