Past Perfect Tense — Had + Past Participle — English 2nd Year Middle School — Algerian Curriculum

Past Perfect Tense

The Past Perfect tense is used to show that one action happened before another action in the past. It is formed with had + past participle.

Formation

• Affirmative: Subject + had + past participle. Example: I had finished my homework before dinner.
• Negative: Subject + had + not + past participle. Example: She had not (hadn’t) eaten before leaving.
• Interrogative: Had + subject + past participle? Example: Had they arrived before you?

Uses

• To show an action completed before another past action: When we arrived, the film had already started.
• To show the cause of a past state: She was tired because she had worked all day.

Time expressions

Already, just, never, before, after, by the time, when.

Exercises

1. Complete: When we got to the station, the train ___ (leave).
2. Make sentences using the Past Perfect: before I arrived / they / finish dinner
3. Correct the mistakes: I had saw that film before.

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