***PAST PERFECT TENSE***


1. FORM
I
He
She
ItWe
You
They		 had ('d)
hadn't		gone.


2. QUESTION
HadI
He
She
It
You
We
They 		started?


3. SHORT ANSWER
 a) Had you sung when I arrived?
- Yes, I had.
- No, I hadn't.
b) Had she written she started to play in a theatre?
- Yes, she had.
- No, she hadn't.

4. ENDINGS
Verbs in Past Perfect are in past participle. Past participle in regular verbs ends in -ed
If you want to use irregular verb you've got to know its past participle (it has no rule in changing) or see
a list of irregular verbs, part 1
a list of irregular verbs, part 2
a list of irregular verbs, part 3
a list of irregular verbs, part 4


5. USE
The Past Perfect is used to express an action in the past which happened before another action in the past
For exampleWhen I came in, the film had already started. - It means that first film started and then I came in.
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