# Past perfect tense

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_After the man **had come **home he fed the lion._

| **Geçmişteki**** ****tek**** ****bir**** ****olaydan**** ****bahsedeceğimizde**** ****simple**** ****past**** ****kullanırız.**** ****Past**** ****perfect**** ****ise**** ****,TEK**** ****BAŞINA**** ****KUL-** **LANILMAZ.**** ****Mesela**** ****bir**** ****eylem**** ****SIMPLE**** ****PAST**** ****TENSE**** ****ILE**** ****anlatıldıysa,**** ****ONDAN**** ****DAHA**** ****ÖNCEKI**** ****başka**** ****bir eylem**** ****de**** ****bu**** ****tense**** ****ile**** ****anlatılabilir.**** ****Kısacası,**** ****bu**** ****tense**** ****her**** ****zaman**** ****referansı**** ****ile**** ****birlikte**** ****kullanılır.** |

| **Past**** ****perfect**** ****tense’in**** ****cümle**** ****yapısı** | 
| **OLUMLU** | **OLUMSUZ** | **SORU** | 
|   | **uzun**** ****şekil** | **kısa**** ****şekil** |   | 
| I **had **played | I **had not**** **played | I **hadn’t**** **played | **Had **I played? | 
| You **had **played | You **had**** ****not**** **played | You **hadn’t**** **played | **Had **you played? | 
| He/she/it **had **played | He **had**** ****not**** **played | He **hadn’t**** **played | **Had **he played? | 
| We **had **played | We **had**** ****not**** **played | We **hadn’t**** **played | **Had **we played? | 
| You **had **played | You **had**** ****not**** **played | You **hadn’t**** **played | **Had **you played? | 
| They **had **played | They **had**** ****not**** **played | They **hadn’t**** **played | **Had **they played? |

First the patient died. Then the doctor arrived

_The patient **had **_**_died_****_ _**_when the doctor **arrived **_**_(_****Doktor********
vardığı**** ****zaman,hasta**** ****ölmüştü)**

**When **I arrived at the station **the train had left                     After
the train had left**, I arrived at the station The woman **had died **until the 
doctor arrived.                                                                 **(
Doktor varana kadar kadın ölmüştü.)****

We **had had **that car for ten years before it broke down.        **(Bu araba bozulmadan
önce on yıl bizimdi.) **When Sam was born, I **had **been a doctor for 10 years.**(
Sam doğduğunda, ben 10 yıllık doktordum.) **I **had **never seen such a nice beach
before I went to Side.

**(Side’ye gitmeden önce böyle güzel bir sahil görmemiştim.) ****Had **you ever 
visited the U.S. before your trip in 1992?

**(1992 yılındaki seyahatinden önce hiç Amerika’ya gitmiş miydin?) **Yes, I **had**
been to the U.S. once before in 1988**.**

(Evet, 1998’den önce Amerika’da bulunmuştum.)

When I got home yesterday, my mother **had **already cooked the dinner**. (Dün eve
vardığımda, annem yemeği yapmıştı.)**

By the time we got to the theatre, the play **had **already started**. (Tiyatroya
vardığımızda, oyun başlamıştı.)**

I **had **read a lot about Scotland before I went there. **(İskoçya’ya gitmeden 
önce hakkında çok şey okumuştum.)**

My son **had **already learnt how to read by the time he started the primary school.**(
Oğlum ilkokula başladığında zaten okumayı öğrenmişti.)**

| **present**** ****perfect** | **past**** ****perfect** | 
| The bike **is**** **new. I’**ve**** ****bought**** **it. | The bike **was**** **new. I **had bought**** **it. |

## Past perfect with AFTER BEFORE

**After **they had packed their rucksacks, they rode away on their bikes. **After**
she had closed the door, she started to tell us the truth.

Susan turned on the radio **after **she had washed the dishes. She watched a video**
after **the children had gone to bed.

**Afte**r Eric had made breakfast he phoned his friend. **Before **he took a shower,
he had run 2 kilometres.

**WHEN+ simple past, past perfect                                               **

**When **his mother arrived, Paul had finished the game

**When **Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home. **When **I arrived
home, Linda had left

**When **we got home last night, we found that somebody had broken into the flat.
I hadn’t known the bad news **when **I spoke to him.