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Past perfect: frases afirmativas
490 ejercicios de huecos, 49 tests de diez
Had para todos los sujetos, y después la tercera forma del verbo.
Practica esta forma
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La estructura
Sin concordancia ninguna: had es igual para todos los sujetos.
I had gone. She had gone. They had gone.
La forma corta es ’d: I’d, you’d, he’d, we’d, they’d. Ojo con he’d: puede ser he had o he would, y lo distingue la forma que viene detrás. He’d gone es had; he’d go es would.
already, just, never
Van entre had y la tercera forma:
- The shop had already closed.
- He had just left when you rang.
- She had never flown before.
by the time, before, after
Los marcos más frecuentes de este tiempo:
- By the time we arrived, they had eaten.
- She had finished before the bell rang.
- After he had spoken, the room went quiet.
Con after el past perfect es opcional — la palabra ya fija el orden — pero nunca está mal.
Al contar una historia
Una narración en past simple puede dar un paso atrás con el past perfect y volver:
He opened the letter. It had been posted three weeks earlier. He read it twice and put it away.
Dónde se tuerce para un hispanohablante
«Había reservado las entradas» se traduce pieza por pieza, y por eso esta forma sale bien casi siempre. Lo único que hay que vigilar es el participio irregular: «había visto» es had seen, no had saw.
Y la colocación de already y just es más estricta que en español: van entre had y el participio. «La tienda ya había cerrado» es The shop had already closed, no The shop had closed already como primera opción.
Todas las formas
| Sujeto | Forma completa | Forma corta |
|---|---|---|
| I | I had finished | I'd finished |
| you | you had finished | you'd finished |
| he, she, it | he had finished | he'd finished |
| we | we had finished | we'd finished |
| they | they had finished | they'd finished |
Ejemplos
Tomados de las 490 frases de este ejercicio. La respuesta va resaltada.
- He had finished his work shift before going home.
- She had completed her work assignments before leaving the office.
- He had read the book before he watched the movie.
- Sarah had prepared her presentation before the meeting started.
- The children had eaten their cookies before they went to bed.
- The company had had its best financial year ever before the crisis hit.
- She had taken many photos before her camera stopped working.
- We had made a lot of progress before the project was canceled.
- We had heard the news before it was broadcast.
- They had known each other before they got married.
- She had visited a lot of places before she settled down.
- Emma had gone for a run before she felt a pain in her leg.
Errores que evitar
Incorrecto: I'd saw it before. correcto: I'd seen it before.
Saw es el pasado; la tercera forma es seen.
Incorrecto: He had ate before we arrived. correcto: He had eaten before we arrived.
La tercera forma de eat es eaten.