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Navigating the World · Part 17

Chapter 4: Unit - 3 · English

in the past e.g.  Nithish was constantly complaining about something or the other. Forms and Uses of Past Perfect Tense First person Second person Third person Affirmative *Singular *Plural I had already sung. We had already sung You had already sung You had already sung She/He/It had already sung They had already sung Uses  For an action that had been completed before another action began in the past e.g.

 He had appealed to the manager for a week's leave before I reached.  To describe an action or event which has been completed before some point of time. e.g.  By a.m.

all the students had left the school campus after the Independence Day celebration.  To describe an action in the past which became the cause of another action  To describe an action in the past using the time adverbials such as already, since, before, etc.  To express an unfulfilled action in the past and unfulfilled wish in the past. e.g.

 If he had informed her, she would have waited for him. I wish I had accepted the job. Forms and Uses of Past Perfect Continuous Tense First person Second person Third person Affirmative *Singular *Plural I had been singing for two hours yesterday . We had been singing for two hours yesterday .

You had been singing for two hours yesterday. You had been singing for two hours yesterday. She/He/It had been singing for two hours yesterday. They had been singing for two hours yesterday.

10th - - Uses  to describe an action in the past that had begun and had been going on for sometime before another action took place in the past e.g.  Mahi and Ragav had been arguing with each other when their mom arrived.  to describe an action that had been going on for some time in the past e.g.  The students had been practicing for the last couple of weeks.

B. Complete the sentences in past tense forms. . I …………..(go) to her place on foot.

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