L'argomento grammaticale affrontato in questa pagina riguarda il
Past Perfect dei verbi:
- la forma affermativa
- la forma negativa
- la forma interrogativa
- la forma interrogativa-negativa
- le risposte brevi
- l'uso del Past Perfect
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Past Simple TO HAVE
+ Participio Passato del Verbo
*Il Participio Passato dei
verbi regolari si forma come il Passato Semplice (infinito
senza TO + ed), per quello dei verbi irregolari invece, consultare la
pagina dei Paradigmi dei
Verbi Irregolari
Forma affermativa
Past Perfect TO WORK
Esempio
I had worked (I'd worked)
I
had worked hard that week
-> Avevo lavorato molto quella settimana
you
had worked
(you'd worked)
You had worked all night long
-> Avevi lavorato tutta la notte
he
had worked
(he'd worked)
Bob had worked in London last summer
-> Bob aveva
lavorato a Londra l'estate scorsa
she
had worked
(she'd worked)
She had worked as a teacher
-> Aveva lavorato come
insegnante
it
had worked
(it'd worked)
It had worked very well ->
Aveva funzionato molto
bene
we
had worked
(we'd worked)
We had worked at home-> Avevamo lavorato a casa
you
had worked
(you'd worked)
You
had worked together
-> Avevate
lavorato insieme
they
had worked
(they'd worked)
They had worked here
->
Avevano
lavorato qui
Forma Negativa
Soggetto + had not (hadn't) + Participio Passato del
verbo
Past Perfect TO WORK
Esempio
I hadn't worked
I hadn't worked hard that week
-> Non avevo lavorato molto quella settimana
you hadn't worked
You hadn't worked all night long
-> Non avevi lavorato tutta la notte
he hadn't worked
Bob hadn't worked in London last summer
-> Bob non
aveva lavorato a Londra l'estate scorsa
she hadn't worked
She hadn't worked as a teacher -> Non
aveva lavorato
come insegnante
it hadn't worked
It hadn't worked very well -> Non
aveva funzionato molto
bene
we hadn't worked
We hadn't worked at home -> Non
avevamo lavorato a casa
you hadn't worked
You hadn't worked together -> Non
avevate lavorato
insieme
they hadn't worked
They hadn't worked here
-> Non avevano
lavorato qui
Forma Interrogativa
Had + Soggetto + Participio Passato del verbo
Past Simple TO WORK
Esempio
had I worked
Had
I
worked hard that week? -> Avevo lavorato molto quella settimana?
had you worked
Had you worked all night long? ->
Avevi lavorato tutta la notte?
had he worked
Had Bob worked in London last
summer? -> Bob aveva lavorato a Londra l'estate scorsa?
had she worked
Had she worked as a teacher?->
Aveva lavorato come insegnante?
had it worked
Had it worked well?-> Aveva funzionato bene?
had we worked
Had we worked for
nothing? -> Avevamo lavorato per
niente?
had you worked
Had you worked together?-> Avevate lavorato insieme?
had they worked
Had they worked here?->
Avevano lavorato qui?
Forma Interrogativa-Negativa
Hadn't
+ Soggetto + Participio Passato del verbo
Past Simple TO worked
Esempio
hadn't I worked
Hadn't I worked hard that week?
-> Non avevo lavorato molto quella settimana?
hadn't you
worked
Hadn't you worked all night long?
-> Non avevi lavorato tutta la notte?
hadn't he
worked
Hadn't Bob worked in London? -> Bob non
aveva lavorato a Londra l'estate scorsa?
hadn't she
worked
Hadn't she worked as a
teacher? -> Non aveva lavorato come insegnante?
hadn't it
worked
Hadn't it worked well?
-> Non aveva funzionato bene?
hadn't we
worked
Hadn't we
worked for you? -> Non
avevamo lavorato per te?
hadn't you
worked
Hadn't you worked
together? -> Non avevate lavorato insieme?
hadn't they
worked
Hadn't they worked here? -> Non
avevano lavorato qui?
Risposte
brevi
Had you worked all night long? Yes, I had/No, I
hadn't
-> Avevi lavorato tutta la notte? Sì/No
Had Bob ever worked in London before? Yes, he had/No, he hadn't -> Bob
aveva mai lavorato a Londra prima?
Sì/No
Uso del Past Perfect
Anche con i
verbi intransitivi
Es:She had arrived ->
Era arrivata
Azioni avvenute prima di
altre già conclusesi nel passato
Es:When they got to
the airport the plane had already taken off ->
Quando arrivarono all'aeroporto l'aereo era già decollato