What is Past Perfect?

Past Perfect Tense refers to an action completed prior to some past point of time specified or implied, formed. In short, an event happened in the past before another event in the past.

Use of ‘had’ in 1st/2nd/3rd Person Singular and Plural numbers in Past Perfect Tense

PERSON	SINGULAR	Had	PLURAL	Had
1st Person	I	had	WE	had
2nd Person	YOU	had	YOU	had
3rd Person	He, She, It	had	They	had

The Formula for Past Perfect Tense or Sentence Structure of Past Perfect Tense

• PAST TENSE is divided into
  • Past Perfect
    1. Affirmative Sentence = Sub + Had + V3+ Obj. + Others.
    2. Negative Sentence = Sub + had + not + V3+ Obj. + Others.
    3. Interrogative Sentence = Had + Sub + V3+ Obj. + Others?
    4. Negative and Interrogative Sentence = Had + Sub + not + V3 + Obj. + Others?

Sentence Structure of Past Perfect Tense with Examples

• PAST TENSE is divided into
  • Past Perfect
    1. Affirmative Sentence = Sub + Had + V3+ Obj. + Others.
       1. I had written.
       2. We had written.
       3. You had written.
       4. You had written.
       5. He had written.
       6. She had written.
       7. It had written.
       8. Advaith had written.
       9. They had written.
    2. Negative Sentence = Sub + had + not + V3+ Obj. + Others.
       1. I had not written.
       2. We had not written.
       3. You had not written.
       4. You had not written.
       5. He had not written.
       6. She had not written.
       7. It had not written.
       8. Advaith had not written.
       9. They had not written.
    3. Interrogative Sentence = Had + Sub + V3+ Obj. + Others?
       1. Had I written?
       2. Had we written?
       3. Had you written?
       4. Had you written?
       5. Had he written?
       6. Had she written?
       7. Had it written?
       8. Had Advaith written?
       9. Had they written?
    4. Negative and Interrogative Sentence = Had + Sub + not + V3 + Obj. + Others?
       1. Had I not written?
       2. Had we not written?
       3. Had you not written?
       4. Had you not written?
       5. Had he not written?
       6. Had she not written?
       7. Had it not written?
       8. Had Advaith not written?
       9. Had they not written?

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