HELP WITH PAST PERFECT

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HELP WITH PAST PERFECT

Missfrancisca

HELP WITH PAST PERFECT

this year I am having terrible problems with the past perfect, I thought it was clear to me but now I doubt it.

Is it that rule correct?

Before + past simple + past perfect

By the time that + past simple + past perfect

after+ past perfect + past simple

as soon as + past perfect + past simple

e.g: Before / by the time she arrived, John had left.

after / as soon as John had left, she arrive.

can I change the order: it is "by the time that " used in the middle: JOhn had left by the time I arrived.

I have checked some grammar books but it is not clear to me. I need some confirmation. Please.

7 Nov 2009

Kate (kkcat)

Hi,
yes, I think you can change places : By the time I arrived, John had left OR John had left by the time I arrived.

7 Nov 2009

paradise me

hi,

I think we can change/replace the collacations in sentences.. So you are right..

7 Nov 2009

jessica farias

there is no problem in the order of the sentence, but the point is that the action that happens first must be in the past perfect, it doesn �t matter it it is mention first or then.

Hope it helps!!!

Jessica

8 Nov 2009