Past Perfect Tense
c) Past Perfect Tense: Past Perfect
Tense describes an action completed before a certain moment in the past. If two
actions took place in the past, it is necessary to show which action happened
earlier than the other. The Past Perfect Tense is mainly used in such
situations. The Simple Past Tense is used in one clause and the Past Perfect
Tense in the other.
Affirmative
Sentence
Rule:
Subject + had + verb (past participle) + extension + before / after + Past
Indefinite Tense.
For example,
The doctor had
come before the patient died. The
doctor came after the patient died. I
had written the letter before he
arrived. No sooner had the thief seen me than he started running. Hardly had I
learnt English grammar when I could speak in English fluently.
Note: ‘Before’ _vK‡j Past Perfect
Tense Av‡M, Avi ‘After’ _vK‡j Past Perfect Tense c‡i e‡m| GKwU Past Perfect Tense n‡j,
Ab¨wU Past Indefinite Tense n‡e| We should keep in mind that the earlier action is in Past
Perfect Tense and the latter one in Past Indefinite Tense.
Past
Perfect Continuous Tense
d) Past Perfect Continuous Tense: This tense is
used for an action that began before a certain point in the past and continued
up to that time.
Affirmative
Sentence
Rule:
Subject + had been + verb + ing + extension + since / for (time expression)
For example,
At that time he had been
writing a novel for two months. When Mr. Mofizzar Rahaman came to the school in
1995, Mr. Dipak Kumar had already been teaching there for five years.
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