Verbele in engleza pot fi studiate si pe www.gramatica-limbii-engleze-online.ro.
Trecutul Perfect - The Past Perfect Tense
Forma: Subiect + had + past participle->I had worked/driven
Il utilizam:
1. pentru a exprima o actiune care are loc inaintea altei actiuni din trecut sau inaintea unui moment din trecut
She had already left when I got home.
Ea deja please cand eu am ajuns acasa.
The man spoke as if he had seen a ghost.
(Omul a vorbit ca si cum vazuse o fantoma.)
2. in constructiile care folosesc Conditionalul in trecut(Improbabil)
Tom would have helped me with my lessons if he had known how to do it.
(situatie ipotetica in trecut)
(Tom m-ar fi ajutat cu lectiile daca ar fi stiut cum sa faca..)
3. pot exprima o dorinta nerealizata
I wish I had been there.
(Imi doresc sa fi fost acolo.)
I wished I hadn’t been there.
(Mi-as fi dorit sa nu fi fost acolo.)
4. exprima o actiune anterioara unei actiuni a carui timp e "Future-in-the-Past"
Tom said that he would go to the stadium after he had finished homework.
(Tom a spus ca va merge in Anglia, dupa ce va invata putina engleza.)