Past Perfect
- Past Perfect
- Summary
- Use
- Signal words
- Form of affirmative, negative sentences and questions
- Spelling
- Special verbs
- Diagram
- Long forms and short forms
- Exercises - Past Perfect
Past Perfect - Use
1) Together with the Simple Past
Mary had read the book before she watched a film.
2) the past equivalent of the Present Perfect
He had played hockey.
Signal words
no unambiguous ones
Form
had + past participle
Examples
Affirmative sentences:
I had played hockey.
I'd played hockey. |
You had played hockey.
You'd played hockey. |
Negative sentences:
I had not played hockey.
I'd not played hockey.
I hadn't played hockey. |
You had not played hockey.
You'd not played hockey.
You hadn't played hockey. |
Questions:
| Had you played hockey? |
Had you played hockey? |
Attention
| Past Perfect - Simple Past |
Simple Past - Simple Past |
| The match had started when he arrived. |
The match started when he arrived. |
