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📘Grado 10°
Periodo 4
Tema 3 de 3

Past Perfect

Consolidar el orden del pasado en textos largos.
Colegio Ángeles del NorteInglés · L. R. Montaño Rincón
❓Antes de aprender · pregunta problematizadora

Can you tell a story in the right order?

01Piensa en un hecho que te marcó.
02¿Qué había pasado antes?
03Ordénalo en inglés en tres oraciones.
🎯Al terminar este tema podrás

Desempeños

I
Consolidar la formación del past perfect y su contraste con el simple past.
II
Usar el past perfect continuous para duraciones previas.
III
Redactar un texto narrativo con orden temporal claro.
💡La idea central

La capa más profunda del relato

En un texto largo, el past perfect es lo que permite saltar hacia atrás sin perder al lector. Marca la capa anterior sin romper el hilo.
“She realised she had made the same mistake twice.”
Un solo had abre toda la retrospección.
PASTNOW
🧩Dos formas
Simple
had + participio
+
Continuo
had been + -ing
+
Foco
hecho vs. duración
She had been waiting for an hour when he finally arrived.El continuo insiste en cuánto tiempo duró.

Afirmativa · Negativa · Pregunta

Affirmative
He'd already gone.
They'd been working all day.
'd = had
Negative
I hadn't noticed.
She hadn't been sleeping well.
hadn't
Interrogative
Had you seen it before?
Had they been waiting long?
Had + sujeto
⚖️Simple o continuo

Qué destaca cada uno

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
el hecho terminadoI had read three books.
la cantidadShe had written ten emails.
el resultadoThey had finished.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
la duraciónI had been reading for hours.
la causa visibleHis eyes were red: he had been crying.
la acción en cursoThey had been working.

Dónde aparece siempre

Narrativa literaria — flashbacks
She had left long before.
Reported speech — retroceso obligado
He said he had seen it.
Third conditional — la condición
If I had known…
Después de by the time — plazo cumplido
By the time he called…
Con never / ever — primera vez
I had never tried it.
No abuses — si el orden es claro
evita cadenas de had

Simple vs. Continuo

Past perfect simple
She had written three chapters.
Cuenta el resultado: cuántos, qué quedó hecho.
Past perfect continuous
She had been writing all night.
Cuenta el proceso: cuánto tiempo estuvo en ello.
¿Cuántos? simple. ¿Cuánto tiempo? continuo.
📖Lectura contextualizada

The Manuscript

When the editor called, Elena had been writing for eleven months. She had rewritten the ending four times and had almost given up twice. "I had never believed it would be published," she said later.

past perfect continuopast perfect simple
✅Opción múltiple · 1 de 3

He was exhausted; he ______ for six hours.

Ahad driven
Bhad been driving
Cdrove
Dwas driving
✅Opción múltiple · 2 de 3

By the time we arrived, they ______ the decision.

Ahad made
Bhad been making
Cmade
Dmake
✅Opción múltiple · 3 de 3

She ______ never seen the sea before that trip.

Ahas
Bwas
Chad
Ddid
🤔True or False

¿Verdadero o falso?

El past perfect continuous se forma con had been + -ing.
TRUE
FALSE
El past perfect simple destaca la duración.
TRUE
FALSE
Had es igual para todos los sujetos.
TRUE
FALSE
El past perfect se usa en el tercer condicional.
TRUE
FALSE
Conviene usar past perfect en todas las oraciones de un relato.
TRUE
FALSE
🔗Asociar · matching

Foco → forma correcta

Haz clic en el foco y luego en la forma que le corresponde.
Cuántos capítulos
Cuánto tiempo
Primera vez
Causa visible
His eyes were red; he had been crying.
She had been writing for hours.
I had never seen it before.
She had written three chapters.
📝Completar el espacio

Fill in the blanks

never
finished
had
been
1. They had   waiting for two hours.
2. By then she   already left the office.
3. He had   travelled abroad before.
4. When I called, they had already   .
🔢Ordenar la oración

Build the sentence

called
he
months
writing
for
been
when
eleven
had
She
🔍Encontrar el error

Find the mistake

They had being waiting for hours
She have left before I arrived
He had wrote three chapters
🏁Después de aprender

Lo esencial

had + participio para el hecho · had been + -ing para la duración · úsalo solo cuando el orden lo exija.
Tarea: escribe una narración de quince líneas con al menos cuatro past perfect y dos past perfect continuous.
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