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• When Sarah arrived at the
party, Paul had gone home.
• Subj + HAD + past participle
• He had gone home.
PAST PERFECT vs. PAST
SIMPLE
• 1st: we ate at the cafeteria
• 2nd: we went to class
• We _________ at the cafeteria before we
__________ to class.
• We had eaten at the cafeteria before we
went to class.
• 1st: Diego ate dinner
• 2nd: Ana came over
• Diego (eat) ________ dinner already by
the time Ana (come)________ over.
• Diego had already eaten dinner by the
time Ana came over.
• 1st: someone broke into our flat
• 2nd: we got home
• When we (get)_______ home last night,
we found out that somebody
(break)__________ into our house.
• When we got home last night,
somebody had broken into our house.
• 1st: he saw the film
• 2nd: he didn’t want to go to the cinema
• Peter (not/want) ________to go to the
cinema with us because he (see)
already_______the film.
• Peter didn’t want to go to the cinema
with us because he had already seen
the film.