Past Perfect - Special verbs
- 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
Special verbs in the Past Perfect
| 1) have as a full verb |
| affirmative sentence |
negative sentence |
question |
| alle forms (I, you, he, she, it, we, they): |
| He had had a book. |
He had not had a book. |
Had he had a book? |
| 2) be as a full verb |
| affirmative sentence |
negative sentence |
question |
| all forms (I, you, he, she, it, we, they): |
| He had been to Britain. |
He had not been to Britain. |
Had he been to Britain? |
| 3) do as a full verb |
| affirmative sentence |
negative sentence |
question |
| all forms (I, you, he, she, it, we, they): |
| He had done an exercise. |
He had not done an exercise. |
Had he done an exercise? |
NOTE:
We sometimes use short/contracted forms for
had with affirmative or negative sentences.
