七.过去完成时:had + 过去分词
1.表示过去某个动作或某个具体时间之前已经发生、完成的动作。“过去的过去”。● They had got everything ready before I came.
● The play had begunbefore I got to the theater with my boyfriend.
2.过去完成时常用于 hardly / scarcely ... when, no sooner ... than等固定句型结构中。(此乃超级重点句型,意为:“一……就”)● She had hardly / scarcely gone to bed when the bell rang.
● No sooner had he arrived at the railway station than he met her parents.
(注意 no sooner 在句首时句型倒装。)
3.intend(打算),mean(意味),hope(希望),want(想要),plan(计划)等动词的过去完成时用来表示本打算做而没有做的事。● I had intended to call on you yesterday, but someone came to see me just when I was about to leave.
(……原想昨天去看你……)
● They had planed to hold a football match last week, but they had to cancel it because the bad weather.
(……原计划上周举行一场足球赛……)
测试精编:
1. -Let's hurry! The president is coming. -Oh, I was afraid that we ________.
A. already miss him B. had already missed him
C. will miss him already D. have already missed him
2. Your letter came just as I ________ my office.
A. was leaving B. would leave
C. had left D. left
3. I ________ my keys, I can't remember where I last sawthem.
A. was losing B. lost C. had lost D. have lost
4. Nobody knew where the teacher ________.
A. has gone B. would have gone
C. had gone D. would be gone
5. The sportsmen ________ training for 3 hours when the coach told them to break off for rest.
A. have been B. are
C. had been D. were
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. C