Past PERFECT
We use this tense to talk
about an action or
experience that happened
before another action in the
past and is already over.
USAGE
+ + +
compl.
S
U
B
J
E
C
T
V3*
had
+ + +
compl.
S
U
B
J
E
C
T
V3*
had not
hadn’t
+ + +
compl.
?
V3*
Had
S
U
B
J
E
C
T
Affirmative
Negative
Question
Yes/no answers:
Yes, I had Yes, She/he/ it had Yes, You/we/they had
No, I hadn’t No, she/he/ it hadn’t No, You/ we/ they hadn’t
*V3= Past participle
It is used in:
•Books
•Storytelling
•Narratives
It usually is combined with past
tenses (simple, continuous …)
•When
•As soon as
•After
•Before
•While
•As
•But
•Because
•Until
•So
•That /those
When Martin McFly came
back to the present.
Everything was different. He
had talked with his
mother, and that wasn’t
allowed.
Example
Past PERFECT
We use this tense to talk
about an action or
experience that happened
before another action in the
past and is already over.
USAGE
+ + +
compl.
S
U
B
J
E
C
T
V3*
had
+ + +
compl.
S
U
B
J
E
C
T
V3*
had not
hadn’t
+ + +
compl.
?
V3*
Had
S
U
B
J
E
C
T
Affirmative
Negative
Question
Yes/no answers:
Yes, I had Yes, She/he/ it had Yes, You/we/they had
No, I hadn’t No, she/he/ it hadn’t No, You/ we/ they hadn’t
*V3= Past participle
It is used in:
•Books
•Storytelling
•Narratives
It usually is combined with past
tenses (simple, continuous …)
•When
•As soon as
•After
•Before
•While
•As
•But
•Because
•Until
•So
•That /those
When Martin McFly came
back to the present.
Everything was different. He
had talked with his
mother, and that wasn’t
allowed.
Example
