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Past Perfect Tense
subject | + | auxiliary verb HAVE | + | main verb |
had | V3 |
Look at these example sentences with the past perfect tense:
| subject | auxiliary verb |
| main verb |
|
+ | I | had |
| finished | my work. |
+ | You | had |
| stopped | before me. |
- | She | had | not | gone | to school. |
- | We | had | not | left. |
|
? | Had | you |
| arrived? |
|
? | Had | they |
| eaten | dinner? |
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
subject | + | auxiliary verbHAVE | + | Auxiliary verb BE | main verb |
had | been | Base + ing |
Look at these example sentences with the past perfect continuous tense:
| subject | auxiliary verb |
| auxiliary verb | main verb |
|
+ | I | had |
| been | working. |
|
+ | You | had |
| been | playing | tennis. |
- | It | had | not | been | working | well. |
- | We | had | not | been | expecting | her. |
? | Had | you |
| been | drinking? |
|
? | Had | they |
| been | waiting | long? |
