Question

Choose the best option to complete de sentences:
1) The child_____ for one hour when his dad arrived home
a) had played
b) was playing
c) is playing
d) had been playing

2) Joe __________ law before he studied economy
a) studied
b) had already studied
c) has already studied
d) is studying

Answer 1

Resposta:

1) The child had played for one hour when his dad arrived home. (A criança já tinha brincado por uma quando o seu pai chegou em casa.)

a) had played  

2) Joe had already studied law before he studied economy. (Joe já tinha estudado Direito antes de ter estudado economia.)  

b) had already studied

Explicação:

Quando alguém estiver falando de duas coisas que ocorreram no passado, o Past Perfect (Passado Perfeito) indicará qual das duas aconteceu primeiro.

Nesse tempo verbal, utiliza-se o verbo to have no Simple Past (had) e o verbo principal conjugado no Passado Particípio.

Estrutura na Forma afirmativa:

Sujeito + verbo to have no Simple Past (had) + verbo principal no Passado Particípio + complemento

Usando uma resposta como exemplo:

The child had played for one hour when his dad arrived home.

The child - sujeito

Had - verbo to have no Simple Past (had)

Played - verbo principal no Passado Particípio

for one hour when his dad arrived home - complemento