Past Perfect Tense

The Past Perfect tense is used to express something that happened before another action in the past.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	HAD	VERB (past participle)	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	had	finished	the work.
You	had	finished	the work.
He	had	finished	the work.
Mohan	had	finished	the work.
The boy	had	finished	the work.
She	had	finished	the work.
Pooja	had	finished	the work.
The girl	had	finished	the work.
We	had	finished	the work.
You	had	finished	the work.
They	had	finished	the work.
The children	had	finished	the work.

Notice that we use ‘had’ and the past participle form of the verb for all subjects.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	HAD NOT	VERB (past participle)	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	had not	talked	to my brother.
You	had not	talked	to my brother.
He	had not	talked	to my brother.
Mohan	had not	talked	to my brother.
The boy	had not	talked	to my brother.
She	had not	talked	to my brother.
Pooja	had not	talked	to my brother.
The girl	had not	talked	to my brother.
We	had not	talked	to my brother.
You	had not	talked	to my brother.
They	had not	talked	to my brother.
The children	had not	talked	to my brother.

Notice that we use ‘had not’ and the past participle form of the verb  for all subjects.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

HAD	SUBJECT	VERB (past participle)	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Had	I	seen	the movie?
Had	you	seen	the movie?
Had	he	seen	the movie?
Had	Mohan	seen	the movie?
Had	the boy	seen	the movie?
Had	she	seen	the movie?
Had	Pooja	seen	the movie?
Had	the girl	seen	the movie?
Had	we	seen	the movie?
Had	you	seen	the movie?
Had	they	seen	the movie?
Had	the men	seen	the movie?