The Past perfect tense is used to refer to a completed action of the past before the occurrence of some other action.
The sentence structure formula for Past Perfect Tenses is (Subject + had + Past Participle form of the verb + object).
Let us understand this formula with the help of an example:
“I had cooked”. Here ‘I’ is the subject, ‘had’ is used to represent action of past, ‘cook’ + ‘ed’ to form ‘cooked’ to show a finished action.
Examples of Past Perfect Tense Sentences
- I had written
- We had written
- You had written
- He had written
- She had written
- It had written
- They had written
- After she had went out, I found her shoes.
- After Tori had finished her breakfast, she went to the movie.
- Jack had played about it for few days.
- She had studied until 2 am.
Now, let’s see how future continuous tense works with ACTIVE and PASSIVE voices.
Active Voice Form of Past Perfect Tense
Rule for Forming sentences : (Subject + had + past participle of the verb + object)
EXAMPLES
- I had taught English
- She had written novels
- He had read the story
Passive Voice Form of Past Perfect Tense
Rule for forming past perfect sentences in passive form :
(Object as subject + had been + past participle of the verb + by + subject as object )
EXAMPLES
- English had been taught by me
- Novels had been written by her
- The story had been read by him.
Keep exploring resources to learn about different types of tenses and understand the concept of verb tenses.
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