Question

How did you form the Past Perfect tense of verbs?

Answer 1

Hint:
- The past perfect tense refers to a time before now.
- It is used to mean that one occurrence existed previous to another in the past.
- It makes no difference which case is listed first; the tense suggests which one occurred first. When I arrived at the office,

Complete answer:
To make the past perfect tense, take the past tense of the verb "to have," which is had, and combine it with the main verb's past participle. Subject + had + past participle, for example: subject + had + past participle = past perfect tense.

Forming the Past Perfect Tense:
The Past Perfect tense in English is composed of two parts: the past tense of the verb to have (had) + the past participle of the main verb.

Affirmative

SubjectShe

+hadhad

+past participleGiven

Negative

SubjectShe

+hadn’thadn’t

+past participleAsked

Use of ‘Just’
- The train had just left when we arrived at the station.
- She had just finished her studies and went out to meet her friends.
- I had just finished my meals when the guests arrived.

Note:
i) The past perfect, also known as the pluperfect, is a verb tense that is used to describe actions that occurred in the past.
ii) When talking about something that happened in the past and want to refer to something that happened even earlier, you can use the past perfect to communicate the timeline of events.