In this tense article we are going to discuss about past perfect sentences and learn about the rules with the help of examples.
As we know by our experience that Tenses work as the heart of English grammar, without which there is no soul in it. It’s not very difficult to form a meaningful sentence. One just have to know the rules, person’s role and the tense.
The time of action will not always be the same. So according to the time, the tense changes.
We all know that Tenses work as the heart of English grammar, without which there is no soul in it. It’s not very difficult to form a meaningful sentence. One just have to know the rules, person’s role and the tense. The time of action will not always be the same. So according to the time, the tense changes.
Past Perfect Tense Usage and Structure Properties
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). Remember this rule and verb form used to correctly form sentences.
Why not 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.
10 Examples of Past Perfect 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.
Notice how we are using ‘had’ to show that we are talking about the past and ‘ed’ form of verb to represent a completed action.
Now, let’s see how future continuous tense works with ACTIVE and PASSIVE voices.
Active Voice Form of Past Perfect Sentences
The Sentence Structure formula for past perfect tense sentences when they are is active voice form is (Subject + had + past participle of the verb + object)
Let us understand the formula with following examples
- I had taught English
- She had written novels
- He had read the story
Passive voice form of Past Perfect Sentences
The Sentence Structure formula for past perfect sentences when they are used in passive voice form is (Object as subject + had been + past participle of the verb + by + subject as object )
It is always good to have some example to refer to.
- English had been taught by me
- Novels had been written by her
- The story had been read by him.
You can use this article as an extensive guide to past perfect tenses which will help you in building a sentence perfectly. In this website, there’s an individual section for every type of tense exclusively. So go through each of it to have a wider picture.