English Tenses: Learn Past Perfect Tense with Examples

Today we will Past Perfect tense with Examples.

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What is Past Perfect Tense?

Past Perfect tense is a Part of Past tense, in which we talk about all those things/Events or Works which Started and Completed in the past. 

For Example:

1. Pollard had sung at the party twice.
2. She had traveled for six days.
3. It had rained before our arrival to the Istanbul.
4. She had left for Washington before we reach.
5. We had enjoyed the whole movie before they make an entry.
6. I had received the Golden Ball prize when I was nine years Old.

All the Above Sentences show that the Works/Events started in the Past and ended in the past as well.

How to Identify the Past Perfect Tense?

The Question arises, that how can we identify a Past Perfect tense in a sentence or a paragraph?

The Following are some of the main signs of Past Perfect tense.

1. HAD as a Helping Verb.
2. Third form of the verb
3. Represent an activity linked to the Past.

In the Past Perfect Tense, we use had as helping verb with the Past Participle.

Negative Sentences:

In the Past Perfect tense, we use the word, not after the Had (helping verb).

The Verb's third Form will not be affected.

For Example

1. Lubna had not washed her hands before taking the meal.
2. They had not Survived in the K2 Base camp incident.
3. He has not sent the mail to the postman Job.
4. She had not even tried to join the Polish Army.
5. We had not arrived at Manchester before the hockey match start.

Interrogative sentences:

In the interrogative case of past perfect tense, we use the helping verb had as the subject of the sentence while the subject replaces the helping verb.

Past participle (verb's third form) will remain same while the Question mark will be added after the object of the sentence.

For Example:

1. Had Aliza learned all the English tenses overnight?
2. Had David reached to the final of national sports festival?
3. Had they run for 2km in the running championship?
4. Had she viewed the Dawn?
5. Had they enjoyed the raining in the cooler and cold valley?
6. Had I performed well in the blood donor society campaigning movie?

Final Words:

Today we learn Pas Perfect Tense with Examples. We will learn Past Perfect Progressive/continuous tense in the next class.