Past Perfect for intermediate learners
This tense is an advance tense and we use it to talk about the past in a lot of interesting ways, and you’ll see what they are. So are you ready? Let’s start.
What Is Past Perfect?
To learn about the past perfect you need to consider two events one of which happened sooner than the other. Both of the events are in the past.
What Is the Structure?
The structure to form a sentence in the past perfect tense is:
- subject + had + past participle
They
He
Why Do We Use Past Perfect?
The past perfect tense is used to talk about an event that happened before another event in the past. Look at the examples:
He
In this example, he talked about his decision first, and then she/he accepted it.
I
Negation
To negate a sentence in the past perfect tense, you have to use the following structure:
- subject + had +
not + past participle
Here are a few examples:
They
I
Question Form
To form an interrogative sentence sentence in the past perfect tense, you have to use the auxiliary verb had' at the beginning of the sentence. Here are a few examples:
Review
The past perfect tense is used to talk about a past event that happened sooner than another past event. Here is the structure:
- subject + had + past participle
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