PAST PERFECT TENSE (THÌ QUÁ KHỨ HOÀN THÀNH)
I/ Use (Cách dùng)
Past Perfect Tense được dùng để diễn tả:
1. Một hành động xảy ra trước một thời điểm xác định trong quá khứ.
EX: John had traveled to England before 2000.
2. Một hành động xảy ra trước một hành động khác trong quá khứ.
S
1
+ Past Perfect + before + S
2
+ Simple Past
EX: George had seen this movie before he went to bed last night.
S
1
+ Simple Past + after + S
2
+ Past Perfect
EX: George went to bed after he had seen this movie last night.
S
1
+ Past Perfect + when + S
2
+ Simple Past
EX: When I came back home yesterday, my friend had already been there.
II/ Form (cấu tạo)
1. Affirmative (Khẳng định)

EX: Mr. Minh had visited England before last year.
2. Negative (Phủ định)
EX: Mr. Minh hadn’t visited England before last year.
3. Question (Nghi vấn)

5. He asked why we (come) …………………. so early.
6. After they (go) …………………., I sat down and rested.
7. Before she watched TV, she (do) …………………. her homework.
8. It was the first time I (ever, see) …………………. such a beautiful girl.
9. We (move) …………………. To BMT City by 1990.
10. By the time we got there, the play (start) …………………. already.
11. Before going to bed, the man (turn) …………………. off all the lights.
12. A stranger (wait) ………………….for him when he came back home yesterday.
S + had + P.P (V
3
/ V
ED
) + O
S + had + not + P. P + O
Had + S + P.P + O ?
Past Perfect and Past simple
1. We (see) ……………………..... that film before 1975.
2. When I (come) ………... to the room last night, this film (begin) ……………………..... a quarter before.
3. …….…. Ronald Regan (be)………….......a Hollywood actor before he (become) .......a politician?
4. I (feel) ………………….......... little better after I (take) ………………….......... the medicine.
5. Was Tom at the party when you (arrive) …………..........? – No, he (go) …………….......... home.
6. Anna (never, see) …………………...........snow until last winter.
7. He (live) ………………….......... in his father’s house till his father died.
8. What did you do after you (leave) ………………….......... the stadium?
9. In the 1980 Olympic Games, the Soviet people (complete) ……………............. their preparations when
the participants (arrive) ………………….............
10. When he (come) .............., the children (already, finish) ..................................the exercises.
11. By the time he (arrive) …………………., the match (begin) ......................
12. When the telephone rang, I (just, finish) …………........................... my homework.
13. Peter’s father (repair) ………………….......... his old bicycle this morning.

42. Peter (have) ............................. dinner before he (do) ………………. his homework.
43. These students (take) ............................. an exam before they (have) ............................. a summer
holiday last year.
44. They got up late, and when they (arrive) .............at the staion, the train (leave) …………….......
45. After getting up, the boy (brush)......................... his teeth and (have) ............................. breakfast.
46. When I (get) ........home, she (be) ........there for three hours.
47. We tried to phone Henry this afternoon, but there (be) ........no answer. He (go) ........out.
48. They arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody (break) ...................into the office
during the night. So they (call) ................the police.
49. He (not, lock) ............................. the door before going to work this morning.
50. Lisa (meet) ……......Brian a few weeks ago. He (just, come) ......................back from holiday.