USE: We use PAST PERFECT SIMPLE to talk about a past situation or activity that took place before another past situation or activity, or before a particular time in the past.
Example:
- When I got home, my mother had cooked already.
- When Chenda arrived at the party,
- We aren’t hungry because we had just had lunch.
FORMULA
Positive Sentence:
Subject + had + past participle + object/complement |
Example:
- The train had left at
- John had gone to Camcodia.
- We had gotten a letter from
Negative Sentence:
Sub + had + not + past participle + obj/comp |
Example:
- Dara had not visited anywhere.
- They had not gone to
- She had not changed her house.
Question:
Had + sub + past participle + obj/comp ? |
Example:
- Had you studied English before?
- Had they lived in
- Had she left home to