CHAPTER 8: PAST PERFECT TENSE

The past perfect tense is used to refer to actions or events that ocurred before a particular point in the past.
  • Affirmative sentence:
      subject   +   HAD  + verb in past    +  _____________
      pronoun                 participle

         ex: I didn´t want to wear a suit yesterday because I had worn one the day before
  • Negative sentence:
       subject   +  HAD  + NOT  +  verb in past   +  ___________________
       pronoun       (hadn´t)          participle

        ex:I enjoyed going to the beach last weekend because I hadn´t gone swimming in a long time.
  • Question form:
       HAD  +  subject   +   verb in past  +  ________________ ?
                   pronoun       participle
  
       ex: Had she eaten thai food before?
  • Short answers:
       Yes, +  subject pronoun  + HAD

       No,  +   subject pronoun  + HADN´T

would you like some more information/exercises about this tense? go to:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html
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