past perfect and verbs to like

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Past Perfect and Verbs to like

USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in the Past

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past.

It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

Examples:

1. I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.

2. I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.

3. Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several

times.

4. Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?

5. She only understood the movie because she had read the book.

USE 2 Duration before something in the past (Non-Continuous Verbs)

With Non-Continuous Verbs and some non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, we use the Past

Perfect to show that something started in the past and continued up until another action in the

past.

1. We had had that car for ten years before it broke down.

2. By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London

for over eight years.

3. They felt bad about selling the house because they had

owned it for more than forty years.


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Although the above use of Past Perfect is normally limited to Non-Continuous Verbs and non-

continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, the words "live," "work," "teach," and "study" are sometimes

used in this way even though they are NOT Non-Continuous Verbs.

Affirmative Form of the Past Perfect Tense

Negative form of the Past Perfect Tense

You can use the adverb not to make the sentence negative.

You can use a contraction of hadntand not to make the sentence negative.

Questions in the Past Perfect Tense

I had done My

Subject had Verb in past

She had not played ches

She hadnt

tenis

Subject had not Past

Subject hadnt Past

Had subject past participle

Had you danced tap ?


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Examples:

My cousin Betsy had changed a lot since the last year I saw her.

I had eaten enough cake when my boyfriend arrived.

You hadnt watched my new bed.

Had he been in Italy before?

Verb to like

- What kind of music do you like?

- I like heavy, gothic and epic metal and classical music.

- I like baking cakes

- My sister likes swimming on the beach; she hates swimming in a pool.

Present Simple (verb to like)

USE (Think in ENGLISH!)

We use the verb to like in the present simple to talk about PREFERENCES or to express interest

about something or someone.

Subject + verb to like + NOUN

When we talk about nouns after the verb to like we talk about things in general therefore we

use THE PLURAL FORM for countable nouns.

Examples:

- I like mangoes. (NOT: i like a mango)

- Do you like dogs or cats?

- What kind of moviesdoes your friend like?

NOTE:

With nouns that are UNCOUNTABLE (nouns you cannot form in plural e.g. RICE, WATER, MUSIC)

we DO NOT put it in a plural form obviously.


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Examples:

- Maria likes beer. (NOT: Maria likes beers because beer in an uncountable noun

in English)

- What kind of music do you like?

- I like Italian food.

(Affirmative) Subject + verb to like + verb GERUND FORM(-ing)

When we want to use a verb as a complement we use the verb in the gerund form (-ING

ENDING e.g. dancing, going out, running, swimming etc)

Examples:

- I like goingto the disco.- My wife likes cooking.

- What do you like doing?

(Negative) Subject + dont/doesnt + verb to like + verb GERUND FORM(-ing)

Examples:

- I like dont goingto the disco.- My wife doesnt like cooking.

(Interrogative) Do/does + Subject + verb to like + verb GERUND FORM(-ing)

Examples:

- Do I like goingto the disco?

- Does my wife like cooking?

- What do you like doing?

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