As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Past Perfect Tense Notes: Definitions & Explanations PDF Download

Download Past Perfect Tense Notes App (Play Store) Download Past Perfect Tense Notes App (App Store)

Study Past Perfect Tense lecture notes PDF with english grammar definitions and explanation to study What is Past Perfect Tense?. Study past perfect tense explanation with English terms to review English Grammar course for online degree programs.

Past Perfect Tense Definition:

  • Past perfect tense expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

    Complete English Grammar Book by Petter Herring



Past Perfect Tense Notes:

Past perfect tense, this tense describe the action which took place in past before another past action. This term also deals with unreal thing in the past and in telling us how long to a point in the past action took place. It doesn't matter which event is mentioned first, as tense make it clear. For example "They have been married for three years when they divorced". Sentence structure used for this tenses are as follow. For positive
Subject+had been+verb+ing "I had been living". Negative
Subject+Had not been+verb+ing " She had not been living" for interrogatives Had+Subject+been+verb+ing "Had you been living?"

Keep Learning with English Grammar Notes

What is a Concrete Noun?

Concrete noun is a noun that can be judge by one of the five feelings ( taste, touch , sight ...

What is a Subject?

Subject is a part of sentence or a clause that commonly indicates what it is about , who and what ...

What is Adverb of Time?

Adverb of time are those adverbs which tell us about a verb in the canvas of time. Whether the action ...

What is Interrogative Sentence?

Interrogative sentences is a sentence in the form of a question, which is used to request for an information. It ...

What is Active Voice?

Active voice is the grammatical term which tells us what subject is doing, main focus is on the subject. The ...

What is Aspect of Present Tense?

Aspect of the present tense is a combination of four aspect in the canvas of present time, to form a ...