how-to-identify-past-perfect-tense

We use the Past Perfect Tense to talk about an action that was completed before another past action. It shows which action happened first in the past. Let’s learn how to identify it in a paragraph.

How to Identify Past Perfect Tense:

• Structure:
• Subject + had + past participle (V3) + Object 
• Example: I had eaten, She had gone, They had finished

• Usage:
• To show the earlier of two past actions
• Often used with: before, after, when, by the time

• Verb Form:
• Use had + V3 form of the verb

Daily-Use Paragraph (Past Perfect Tense):
     By the time I woke up, my mother had already prepared breakfast. जेव्हा मी उठलो, तेव्हा आईने आधीच नाश्ता तयार केला होता. My father had gone to the market before I got ready. मी तयार होईपर्यंत बाबा बाजारात जाऊन आले होते. My sister had cleaned the room, and I had kept the books on the table. माझ्या बहिणीने खोली साफ केली होती, आणि मी पुस्तके टेबलावर ठेवली होती. We had finished all the morning chores before 9 a.m. आम्ही सकाळची सगळी कामे ९ वाजण्यापूर्वी पूर्ण केली होती. The maid had washed the utensils, and the clothes had been folded neatly. मोलकरणीने भांडी धुऊन टाकली होती, आणि कपडे नीट घडी घालून ठेवले गेले होते. I had charged my phone and packed my bag before leaving. मी घराबाहेर पडण्यापूर्वी फोन चार्ज केला होता आणि बॅग पॅक केली होती. Everyone had done their part of the work before we sat down for tea. चहा प्यायला बसण्यापूर्वी सगळ्यांनी आपापली कामे पूर्ण केली होती.

How to Identify:
• All sentences use had + V3:
had finished, had cooked, had cleaned, had left, had gone
• Each action happened before another past event, so it is Past Perfect Tense