✍️ Perfect Past Tense
We use this tense when the action of the sentence is said to be completed in past. Past form of to have i.e. had + V3 (VPP) pattern is used here. Had carries the tense while V3 is perfective aspect. ( क्रिया भूतकाळात पूर्ण झालेली होती.) e.g. - I had gone to school. ( मी शाळेला गेलेलो होतो.)
👉 Assertive / Statement (Active Voice)
S + had+ V3 + O/C/A.
Examples :-
Janhavi had written an essay in school.
Science had found the solution.
India had struggled in last T20.
I had given his pen.
👉Interrogative/Question
1)Wh. word + had + S + V3 + O/C/A?
2) Had + S + V3 + O/C/A?
Janhavi had written an essay in school.
1)Where had Janhavi written an essay?
2)Had Janhavi written an essay in school?
I had given his pen.
Who had given his pen?
👉 Change the voice
S + had+ V3 + O/C/A. (Active voice)
O + had + been + V3 + C /A + by S.(Passive voice)
Example :-
Janhavi had written an essay in school.
- An essay had been written in school by Janhavi.
Science had found the solution.
- The solution had been found by science.
I had given his pen.
- His pen had been given by me.
👉 Negative
( had + not )
S + had + not + V3 + O/C/A.
Janhavi had not written an essay in school. Science had not found the solution. India had not struggled in last T20. I had not given his pen.
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