Grammar · intermediate
Past Perfect Tense
Talk about an action that happened before another past event.
12 min
Learn
- Past Perfect describes an action completed before another action in the past.
- Structure: had + past participle (V3).
- Often used with 'before', 'after', 'by the time'.
Examples
- She had finished her homework before dinner.उसने डिनर से पहले अपना होमवर्क पूरा कर लिया था।
- By the time we arrived, the class had started.जब तक हम पहुंचे, क्लास शुरू हो चुकी थी।
- I had never seen the sea before that trip.उस यात्रा से पहले मैंने कभी समुद्र नहीं देखा था।
Practice
1. Choose the correct past perfect sentence.
2. By the time we reached, the movie ___.
Summary
- Use had + V3.
- It shows order of two past events.
- Pair it with time words.