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Past Perfect

l’madi 9bel l’madi — chno wa9e3 l’awwel

3lach had dars?

Kayji m3a ‘after / before / by the time’ w f reported speech.

  1. 9A3IDA — 7FED GHI HADI
  • Formula: had + V3 (l’kolchi: I had, he had, they had)
  • M3ana: l’action li sb9at action okhra f l’madi. (l’9dima = had + V3)
  • After + had + V3 , past simple (madi: lbare7). || before + past simple , had + V3
  • Mital: after he had eaten, he went out.
  • Negative (nafi: not): hadn’t + V3. Soal: had you…?
  1. MITAL — CHOUF KIFACH KAYTKTEB When I arrived, he had already left. → melli wselt, howa deja mcha. She had finished before I came. → kmmlat 9bel ma nji. They had never seen snow before. → 3omrhom ma chafo tlj 9bel.

⚠ 3ANDAK! 1 action ghi past simple. Past perfect kayn ghi ila kan 2 actions f l’madi.

  1. TAMARINE — 7ELL B 9LEM
1. When we arrived, the film ____ (already / start).11. After the students ____ (write) the test, they went home.
2. He ____ (eat) before he went out.12. We ____ (not / finish) when the Bell rang.
3. After she ____ (finish) her work, she slept.13. She passed because she ____ (study) hard.
4. I couldn’t enter because I ____ (lose) my key.14. When I woke up, it ____ (stop) raining.
5. They ____ (not / meet) before that day.15. He said he ____ (buy) a new car.
6. By the time I came, he ____ (leave).16. ____ you ____ (visit) Fes before last year?
7. She told me she ____ (see) that film.17. The train ____ (leave) when we reached the station.
8. The thief ____ (escape) before the police came.18. I ate the cake that my mother ____ (make).
9. I ____ (never / be) abroad before 2020.19. They were hungry because they ____ (not / eat).
10. He was tired because he ____ (work) all day.20. After he ____ (take) the medicine, he felt better.

Before you leave this lesson

  1. Explain the main rule in your own words.
  2. Redo the examples without looking at the correction.
  3. Write one new example using the same pattern.
  4. Move to the previous or next lesson and connect the two rules.
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