Past
3. Past Perfect
formula: had + the ‘past participle’ form of the Main Verb
go/goes — went — gone — going
walk/walks — walked — walked — walking
♦ ‘Past Perfect’ is used to express an action that was completed before another past action began…
e.g.
2.00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.
[‘had left’ – at 4:00 p.m. – first action – past perfect tense; ‘arrived’ – at 5:00 p.m. – second action – simple past]
She had left her office before he arrived there.
♦ ♦ ‘Past Perfect’ is used to express an action being done for a period of time before another past action began…
e.g.
Year … 2015 — 2016 — 2017 — 2018 — 2019 —
{Suppose 2019 is the present year – he left us in 2018, last year – so he started to work somewhere in 2016 and from 2016 to 2018 he had worked for two years.}
He had worked here for two years before he left us last year.
I I finished my work at 2:00 p.m. [right] She She went home early last night. [right] In both these sentences the ‘simple past’ tense — finished, went — is to be used.had finished my work at 2:00 p.m. [wrong]had gone home early last night. [wrong]
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