What Is Past Perfect Tense And How Does It Work?
Past perfect Tense Structure Subject + had + Past Participle / V(3) For example 1 He had lost his watch ⌚. 2. I had lived in this house for ten years. 3 They had eaten food before he arrived. 4 She had enjoyed a party . 5 The match was over. Pakistan had won. 6 I had left my wallet at home. Negative Sentences Subject + had not+ past participle For example 1 He had not lost his watch. 2. They had not won the match. Interrogative Sentences Had + subject + past participle ? For example 1 Had he lost his watch? 2 Had they punished us? Uses Of past perfect Tense 1 It expresses an action completed before another action or time. For example 1. He had done the gardening before it started raining. 2 Anna had chosen the color for her room before She was asked to paint it back. 3 She had left for his office before I reached there. It is used for an action began before the time of speaking in the past and still in progress at that time. For exampl...