In this tutorial you will learn about the Past Perfect Tense and its application with practical example.
Past Perfect Tens
In this tutorial, we will learn about Past Perfect Tenses
Prerequisites
Before starting with this tutorial we assume that you are best aware of the following topics:
- Nouns.
- Pronouns.
- Verbs.
- Adjectives.
- Adverbs.
- Prepositions.
- Conjunctions.
- Interjections.
Past Perfect Tense refers to:
- An action that was over before another action: The shop had closed before I reached there.
- Report a complete action in past: He told me that he had lost his job previous year.
- An expected action that did not happen in past: They had wanted to come with me but could not.
Formula:-
- POSITIVE/AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:
| S + HAD + V3 + O. |
I had done homework.
We had done homework.
You had done homework.
They had done homework.
Children had done homework.
He had done homework.
She had done homework.
It had done homework.
Rahu had done homework.
- NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
| S + HADN’T + V3 + O. |
I hadn’t done homework.
We hadn’t done homework.
You hadn’t done homework.
They hadn’t done homework.
Children hadn’t done homework.
He hadn’t done homework.
She hadn’t done homework.
It hadn’t done homework.
Rahul hadn’t done homework .
3.INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:
| HAD + S + V3 + O.? |
Had I done homework?
Had we done homework?
Had you done homework?
Had they done homework?
Had children done homework?
Had he done homework?
Had she done homework?
Had it done homework?
Had Ravi done homework?
- INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
| HADN’T+ + S + V3 + O.? |
Hadn’t I done homework?
Hadn’t we done homework?
Hadn’t you done homework?
Hadn’t they done homework?
Hadn’t children done homework?
Hadn’t he done homework?
Hadn’t she done homework?
Hadn’t it done homework?
Hadn’t Ravi done homework?
Rules:
We use ‘HAD’ as a helping verb with all subjects in this tense.
We can put any W-H words before interrogative and interrogative formulae.
