Past Perfect (1)
Directions: Circle the 10 verbs in the past perfect tense. Identify the other event in the past that the past perfect refers to. Example: I had gone to the gym before I ate dinner. (had gone = past perfect; ate dinner = other event in the past).
| Daughter | Hi Mom. |
| Mother | Hello. What’s going on? |
| Daughter | Oh, nothing. Can I talk to you about your past? |
| Mother | Sure. What would you like to know? |
| Daughter | I want to know about your life before you had children. |
| Mother | Oh, ok. Your father and I had been married for 10 years before we decided to have children, so we had spent a lot of time getting to know each other. |
| Daughter | Had you ever thought of having children? |
| Mother | Yes, we had. We had actually planned on adopting children. We had started the adoption process, and we had set up the spare bedrooms for children. Then, one day, I got sick. It turned out to be morning sickness. |
| Daughter | What about before you got married? |
| Mother | Your father said he had noticed me at work, but he never asked me out. Finally, he had gotten up the nerve to ask me out. I said yes. |
| Daughter | Did you have any regrets? |
| Mother | I had never really thought about it. |