The Use:
The Perfect Past Tense is used when something finished happening before a past point.
The Rule/Form (active-voice):
Positive Sentence Structure:
Subject + had Adverb + adverb (if necessary) + Verb (in the past participle form) + Object. Example: I had studied English.
Negative Sentence Structure:
Use never and as adverbs.
Question Structure:
had + Subject + Adverb (commonly: ever) + Verb (in the past participle form) + Object + etc… +? Example: Have you yet studied English? yes.
Tag Question Structure:
had + not (if the sentence was positive ) + noun +?. Example: I haven’t yet studied English. have I? Yes, you haven’t.
The Rule/Form (passive-voice):
Positive Sentence Structure:
subject + had + been + verb (past participle). Example: The homework has been done.
Negative Sentence Structure:
subject + had + not + been + verb (past participle). Example: The homework has not been done.
Question Structure:
had + subject + been +verb(past participle). Example: Has the homework been written? yes, of course.
Tag Question Structure:
had + noun +?. Example: The homework has not been done, has not it? no, it has not.
Adverbs:
already,
yet,
just,
since,
so,
far,
never,
ever.
A Test:
Q1 She already ____ _____ [ finish ] her work, before lunch.
A - Was finished.
B - Had finished.
C - Finished.
Q2 I ______ _____ [ see ] areal lion in my life, before now.
A - Have never seen.
B - Never saw.
C - had never seen.
Q3 I ____ just [ eat ] my breakfast then did my work.
A - Had just eaten.
B - Has just eaten.
C - Just eaten.
Q4 My mother ____ [ visit ] my grandmother since one week, and then she visited my grandfather.
A - Haven't visit.
B - Had not visited.
C - Did not visit.
Q5 ____ you ever [ see ] Makka in your life, when you were a child? yes, it is a good city.
A - Has you ever see.
B - Have you ever seen.
C - Had you ever seen.
Q6 My father ______ [ work ] in KSA for a long time.
A - Has worked.
B - Was worked.
C - Had worked.
Q7 My ant ______ [ find ] new job in London before they were gone.
A - Found.
B - Was found.
C - Had found.
Q8 I _______ never [ cook ] before.
A - Had never cook.
B - Has never cooked.
C - Had never cooked.
Q9 We ______ [ arrive ] from the market, before the streets were busy.
A - Have just arrived.
B - Had just arrived.
C - Has just arrived.
Q10 I ______ [ live ] in KSA for 10 years, then went to study in Sudan.
A - Have lived.
B - had lived.
C - has lived.
answers:
[ 1B – 2C – 3A – 4B – 5C – 6C – 7C – 8C – 9B – 10B ].