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Past perfect
D Read part of the conversation from GETTING
Grammar STARTED. Pay attention to the underlined
part.
Passive voice: review
Nick: Was anyone injured?
Duong: Only a few minor injuries were
REMEMBER! reported. Most people had moved to
safe areas when the storm broke.
We form the passive voice with the verb to be
in the appropriate tense and form, and the past
participle of the main verb. Only verbs which (+) Positive
can take an object can be used in Subject + had + past participle
the passive.
Example: I had left when they came.
(-) Negative
Subject + had not/ hadn’t + past participle
Read the conversation in GETTING STARTED Example: I hadn’t left when they came.
and underline any sentences in the passive (?) Questions:
voice that you can fi nd. Check your fi ndings
Had + subject + past participle
with a partner.
Had + subject + not + past participle
Hadn’t + subject + past participle
Complete the sentences using the correct
Example:
passive form of the verbs in brackets.
Had you left when they came?
1. Debris (scatter) _______ across the countryside Had you not left when they came?
by the strong winds last night. Hadn’t you left when they came?
2. Ten new houses (build) _______ in the town * Short answers to Yes/ No questions:
every year. (+) Yes, subject + had.
(-) No, subject + hadn’t.
3. Residents of fl ooded villages (take) _______ to a
Example:
safe place last night.
Had you left when they came?
4. In the future, natural disasters (predict) _______
Yes, I had./ No, I hadn’t.
accurately with the help of technology.
5. Food and medical supplies (deliver) _______ later
E When do we use the past perfect? Can you
this afternoon. think of any rules?

Rewrite the following sentences using the We use the past perfect to describe an action
correct passive voice. before a stated time in the past.
1. Volunteers have given out food and blankets to
Example:
homeless people.
People had managed to
___________________________________________ leave the fl ooded villages
2. So far, rescue workers have freed ten people by 11 o’clock last night.
trapped in collapsed buildings.
___________________________________________
3. Did the storm destroy the whole village? We use the past perfect to describe an action
___________________________________________ that happened before another action in
4. If the storm hits the area, it will cause a lot of the past.
damage.
Example:
___________________________________________
People had already left
5. They are going to organise a garden party to the fl ooded villages when
raise money for the victims of the fl ood.
rescue workers arrived.
___________________________________________

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