Lumiere English Academy; How to use Verbs and their Tenses Correctly (6) - The Past Perfect Tense

Lumiere English academy

A Basic Grammar

THE PAST PERFECT TENSE

I had loved

The past tense of both the auxiliary (help) verb and the verb describing the action is given when someone is speaking, thinking or writing in the past tense and is describing a situation that happened even earlier. 

Examples are: He said that he had bought the souvenirs while on holiday, she said that she had paid off her account. 

NB: If you say or write: He said that he has (instead of had) bought the souvenirs, you immediately betray the fact that English is not your mother tongue.
When the auxiliary verb is 'to have', and the main verb is also 'to have', you can use one 'had' as in number 12.
But if you use 'have' in 'have to' (used in the sense of meaning 'must'), then you will use 'had had to'.
Example of this is; She said that she had had to put in petrol.

EXERCISE

1          Mother remembered that she (leave) …… the iron on at home (had left)

2          Father was pleased to discover that he (win) …......  a lotto prize (had won)

3         The babysitter told the parents that the infant (sleep) ……… all evening (had slept)

4          When Joe failed, he regretted the fact that he (be) …… so lazy (had been)

5          The bridegroom gave the bride a ring he (buy) ………… her (had bought)

6          Flushed with anger, the man held the thief who (rob) ………him (had robbed)

7          Smiling cheerfully, Joan gave me the book she (buy) ………me (had bought)

8          The passenger first ate food four days after the ship (leave) ……Port (had left)

9          There was a mess in the room she (tidy)…… already…… (had already tidied)

10      The doctor was thanked by the patient he (treat) …… for bronchitis (had treated)

11      The people were insulted by those they (help)…… in great need (had helped)

12      The war killed many soldiers who still (have) ……… youth on their side (had)

13      Not enough that she (buy)…… them a house, she cleaned it too (had bought)

14      She never slept because the baby (be)  ………… crying all night (had been)

15      She took his part because she knew what he (be) ……… through (had been)

16      They cheered at their victory because they (lose) ……… many games (had lost)

17      He complained that he (fill) …………… in the forms incorrectly (had filled)

18      The traffic officer found that the driver (be) …… drinking heavily (had been)

19      Jealousy was rife when they found out that he (inherit) ……… the money (had inherited)

20      Jack said that Jill (fall)……… down and (break) ………… her crown (had fallen down and broken her crown)

21      Jill said that Jack (have/push) ………… her (had pushed)

22      Peter said that he (make) ……… up his quarrel with Mary (had made)

23      Sean told us that previously he (make) …… very little money (had made)

Dr Luky Whittle

Blog post created by Tuhin Bagi

Breaking News; We stand for Life

Protesters against abortion being introduced into Ireland thronged the streets of Dublin today

Pledges continue to be signed at Rally today

Choose Life

Breaking News; Protesters at Vigil for Life in Dublin

Protesters thronged the streets and choked traffic.

People came from every corner of Ireland in support of the right to life of the unborn child.

Breaking News; Dynamic Vigil for Life - Vox Populi speaks on behalf of the Unborn Child

Protestors - Women and Babies deserve better

Massive protest in the heart of Dublin
Today in Dublin Ireland, Protesters at a massive Rally for Life stretched as far as the eye could see in Merrion Square as the people of Ireland came together in support of the Unborn Child. 
The message was clear; Abortion is not wanted in Ireland.

The front of the crowd seen from the podium

Speakers greeted with deafening cheers
Speakers against abortion being introduced into Ireland were greeted with deafening cheers, a roar of strength on behalf of the unborn child.
Protesters chanted, 'Kill the bill, not the child.'
The heat of the Dublin summer shimmered, and personnel in tents dispensed water to children and adults as the protesters braved the threat of dehydration in order to make their protest known.
Crowds turned out in numbers on buses, transport and by foot to add their voice in support for the unborn child's right to life in Ireland.

Greeted with deafening cheers

Overcome by horror
Yvonne Hartnett stood bearing a poster of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of the Preborn.
Information pamphlets were given to protesters and interested passersby, apprising 100,000 Pro-Life Pledges have been gathered. 
Within the crowd many people who had travelled at personal cost and time from all corners of Ireland listened to the speakers.
Some sobbed as they were overcome by their horror of the thought that abortion - the killing of defenceless children within the womb - was even being considered in Ireland.

Our Lady of Guadalupe - Mother of the Preborn

Yvonne Hartnett and Our Lady of Guadalupe poster

Almost fainting
Some who had travelled long distances and braved the heat were almost fainting in the raised temperature.
Some sat, needing assistance and water. But once they felt a little better, they continued their protest.
Today was a powerful and moving testimony to the strength of the Irish spirit, and the deep reverence for life of the unborn child.

Braving the heat, voting Pro-Life

Protest continues to gain momentum
The numbers today were breathtaking. The protest, which Lumiere began to follow in Belfast, which moved to Castlebar and then to Dublin, continues to gain momentum and in numbers.
A massive All-Ireland Rally for Life will be the next protest on Saturday July 6th 2013 at Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Traffic was affected and streets were blocked off in Dublin today due to the protest.
This is one issue that is just not going away, but gathering momentum.
People continue to picket outside TD offices, phone in to TD's, write letters, sign petitions in increasing numbers and with increasing determination.

Vox Populi

Message is clear
The message is clear;
The life of the unborn child in Ireland is held sacred.

Small portion of massive crowd

Lumiere English Academy; How to use Verbs and their Tenses correctly (5) - The Present Perfect Tense

Lumiere English academy

A Basic Grammar

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE  

    

I have loved

Here you will see we use the auxiliary (help) verb “to have” in conjunction (together) with the past participle of the verb to love. 

Do you see now why it was so important to study your principal parts? 

So the forms of "to have" change according to the person who is performing the action – I have, he has – but loved stays the same. 

The same would go for the past perfect (had loved) and the future tenses (shall have loved) but doesn’t because in the past tense “had” is unchanging.

EXERCISE

1. She says she (love) .............. her husband since they were at school (has loved)
2. .  I think I (understand) ............ what you have been trying to explain (have understood)
3. I (be) ………………… faithful to my wife throughout our lives together (have been)
4.  I (see) ………..... many flower arrangements but this is the loveliest (have seen)
5.  (be) …… you ever …… inside the Joane Pim Park? (Have you ever been)
6.  I (fight) …………… for the privilege of being mayor for years (have fought)
7. I (choose) ……… the brown carpet because it doesn’t show the dirt (have chosen)
8. I (sing) ………………in the school choir since Standard Seven (have sung)
9. He (repair) …………… the broken roof tiles on the house but not on the garage (has repaired)
10. He (receive) …………. a letter requesting him to come for an interview (has received)
11. (see) ………you already …… the new class teacher? (Have you already seen)
12. (meet) ………you not ……… the new student yet? (Have you not met)
13. As soon as he (reach) ………Kroonstad, he will phone to tell us so (has reached)
14.  (wash) ……… you …………  the dishes yet? (Have you washed)
15.  I (smoke) ……… not …………… a single cigarette since 1971 (I have not smoked)
16. Because I (give) ………up smoking, my emphysema has improved somewhat (Because I have given up)  
17.  She says she (wish) …………for a gold watch since she was small (has wished)
18.  Father (buy) ……………Mother a brand new car out of the box (has bought)
19. Mother …… never (look) ……… back since Father bought her a new car (Mother has never looked)
20. The employer (lose) ………… all patience with the lazy employee (has lost)
21.  (pass) ……… Richard ………… his first year at University? (Has Richard passed)
22. They (see) ……… not yet ………………. the movie of the book (They have not yet seen)
23. (choose) …………Craig …………his partner yet? (Has Craig chosen)

Dr. Luky Whittle

Blog post created by Tuhin Bagi

Good Shepherd Church Seminary; Clergy Wear

It is important for a minister to be appropriately attired in a dignified manner.
It is helpful for the minister to wear a distinctive garb which makes the minister easily identifiable.

The wearing of clerical garb is a visible sign of belief and of ordination in the service of God having been undergone by the wearer.

A simple black graduation style robe with a white stole is a respectful and dignified uniform for a minister.
These can be purchased for a small cost from http://www.graduationmall.com/

Good Shepherd Church Seminary makes use of the robe and stole as clerical wear.
There are alternatives, such as the clergy robe section at Graduation Mall.

With kind permission of Graduation Mall
Photograph by Rev Catherine Nicolette

Lumiere Charity - Spreading the Light