过去完成时与一般过去时的比较.doc

过去完成时与一般过去时的比较
过去完成时与一般过去时的比较
1. We had learned 3,000 new words by the end of last term.( last year/ last month….)
2. He had learned advanced mathematics all by himself / by the time he was 14.
3. He had been a worker before he became a teacher.
4. When he got to the cinema, the tickets had been sold out.
5. This was the best meal I had ever had.
过去完成时:
主要表示过去某一时间前已发生的动作,存在的状态.
如果“过程”为强调的内容,即:表述动作先后用过去完成时.
如果“动作”为强调的内容,即:表述动作何时,何地… 用过去时.
练习（5）：
1. I felt very tired when I got home. So I ___ (go) straight to bed.
The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ___(go)to bed.
2. Sorry I’m late. The car ___(break) down on my way here.
We were driving along the road when we ___ (see) a car which
___(break) down, so we ___(stop) to see if we could help.
3. Ann ___(not be ) at home when I phoned. She __(be) in
London. Ann ___just (get) home when I phoned. She ___(be) in London.
C)过去完成时有时可表示一个打算做而没做的事. 常用动词有:
hope, think, plan, mean, want, expect ….;相当于其过去式+ to have done.
eg.1. I had thought he would tell me about that, but he didn’t.
2 . I had hoped to catch the 9:30 train, but found it gone.
3. I had meant to go on Monday, but I stayed on.
=I meant to have gone on Monday, but …
Was/were + to have done 亦有类似用法
I was to have visited you last night, but I had an unexpected guest.
D) 用于固定句型 hardly… when…; no sooner… than…
scarcely… before…
eg.1. We had scarcely ( or: Scarcely had we) gathered in the
grain before it began to rain.
2. I had no sooner (or: No sooner had I ) reached home than
he came to visit me .