tailieunhanh - OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 18

OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-18 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 18 THE PAST PERFECT W I HE iANIELNAl WORK. MARK IS ELi NG A COLLEAGUE ABOUT TNf OREADEUt DAY HE HAD YESTERDAY. A Introduction I felt really tired when I took the train to work yesterday because Sarah and 1 had been to a party the evening before. We hadn t gone to bed until after one. I hadn t been on the train long when I had a bit of a shock. I suddenly realized that I d left my wallet at home. Then I began to wonder. Had I left it in the office the day before I just couldn t remember. I wanted to go back to bed. I felt awful. The situation is in the past I took the train . I felt tired . . When we talk about things before this past time we use the past perfect. Sarah and I had been to a party the evening before. I d left my wallet at home. We are looking back from the situation of the train journey to the earlier actions - going to a party and leaving home without the wallet. Here are some more examples of the past perfect. It was twenty to six. Most of the shops had just closed. I went to the box office at lunch-time but they had already sold all the tickets. By 1960 most of Britain s old colonies had become independent. As well as actions we can use the past perfect to talk about states. I felt better by the summer but the doctor warned me not to do too much. I d been very ill. The news came as no surprise to me. I d known for some time that the factory was likely to close. B Form The past perfect is had a past participle. He had enjoyed the party OR He d enjoyed the party. They hadn t gone to bed until late. Where had he put his wallet For irregular past participles see page 383. C Present perfect and past perfect Compare these examples. PRESENT PERFECT before now PAST PERFECT before then My wallet isn t here. I ve left it behind. My wallet wasn t there. I d left it behind. The match is over. United have won. The match was over. United had won. That man looks familiar. I ve seen him The man looked familiar. I d seen him somewhere .