Plusquamperfekt

(Past perfect)


Einführung

Wir verwenden das Past Perfect, um folgende Handlungen zu beschreiben:
Beispiele:

Form

Wir bilden das Past Perfect mit „had“ + Partizip Perfekt

positiv I / You / We / They
He / She / It
'd
had
been there before.
negativ hadn't
had not

Frage Had I / you / we / they
he / she / it
been there before?

Beispiele


Übungen

Vervollständigen Sie die Sätze mit der positiven, negativen oder Frage-Form des Past Perfects des Verbs in Klammern:

.
1)
I    to see him at the party last night but he wasn’t there. (expect)

 
2)
They    that it was raining when they left the house. (not realise)

 
3)
   he    the company before he went for the interview? (research)

 
4)
They didn’t receive my letter because I    it to the wrong address. (send)

 

Weitere Übungen

Vervollständigen Sie die Sätze mit der richtigen Antwort von a, b, c oder d:
.
1)
We ____ to go to China for many years before we went last summer.
 

 

2)
She ____ him for many years before they got married.
 

 

3)
They didn’t buy a map because they ____ there many times before.
 

 

4)
____ the ending of the film before it finished?
 

 

5)
She hadn’t ____ any French before she went to France.
 

 

6)
____ before the meeting started?
 

 

Weitere Anmerkungen zum Sprachgebrauch

Wir verwenden das Past Perfect mit „ever"/„never", um die Erfahrungen des Subjekts zu einem Zeitpunkt der Vergangenheit zu beschreiben (wir verwenden das Present Perfect zur Beschreibung der Erfahrungen des Subjekts einschließlich der Gegenwart):

positiv I / You / We / They / She / He / It 'd
had
never been to Italy.
negativ hadn't
had not
ever

Frage Had I / you / we / they / she / he / it ever been to Italy?

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