************************* The Past Perfect Simple ************************* Forma: Vb.aux "have" +

************************* THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE ************************* Forma: vb.aux "have" + vb. de conjugat (second form) (third form) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Folosire: 1.Pentru a exprima o actiune trecut� care a avut loc �nainte de un moment din trecut sau �nantea unei alte actiuni din trecut. De fapt este echivalentul trecut al lui * PRESENT PERFECT *: The boy explained that he had seen somebody in the garden. 2.Pentru a exprima durata p�n� �ntr-un moment din prezent: By the time the rain started, we had dug the whole garden. 3.Cu "just", "already", "hardly/barely" si "no sooner", pentru a ar�ta c� actiunea trecut� era terminat� putin timp �nantea unei alte actiuni din trecut: Mary told us that her brother had just left. Obs:(1)In ultimul caz, poate ap�rea si o alt� form�, desi este considerat� Hardly/scarcely had he entered the room when somebody knocked at the door. 4.Cu "since" si "for" c�nd punctul de referint� este trecut: In 1980 I had been a teacher for ten years. 5.In vorbirea indirect�, pentru a exprima un timp la * PAST TENSE * sau la * PRESENT PERFECT * din vorbirea indirect�: "I saw this film last week", Nick said. Nick said he had seen that film a week before. 6.Pentru a exprima un verb la * PAST CONDITIONAL * �ntr-o propozitie conditional�: I would given her the book if I had met her. 7.Pentru a exprima o dorint� ne�mplinit�: I wish (wished) I had not missed the train. 8.Dup� "had/would rather" (c�nd subiectele sunt diferite) ori dup� "as if/as though": Yesterday I'd rather you had stayed here than gone there. 9.Pentru a exprima o actiune viitoare care ia loc �naintea unei alte

actiuni exprimate de * FUTURE IN THE PAST *: I told my friend that I would lend him the book after I had read it.