PAST PERFECT TENSE | English grammar lesson and exercise

This is an English lesson about the past perfect tense.
The video starts with an example of when to use the verb tense.
You will then learn the form, in particular, the affirmative, negative and question forms with the appropriate contracted forms.
The affirmative form of the past perfect is made up of the subject + had + the main verb in the past participle form. "had" is the past form of the verb "have" being used as an auxiliary verb.
We then look at all the common uses and meaning of the verb tense.
The three main uses of the past perfect tense are:
1)To describe the first action or event in a series of actions or events from the past,
2)In reported speech when the reporting verb is in the past and the direct speech tense would be the past simple or the present perfect. Example: He said that he had liked the film.
3)In past unreal conditionals to describe an unreal situation from the past. Example: "If he had come to the party, I would have been pleased."
At the end of the English grammar lesson, there is an exercise for you to complete.
The accent in the video is a British English accent.
Here are some other videos about English verb tenses:
Past simple: • Past simple tense | En...
Past continuous: • PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE ...
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    @Franck_Polla3 жыл бұрын

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