1. Escuela de Educación Continua
Repaso para la Prueba de Evaluación
y Admisión Universitaria
(College Board)
INGLÉS
Verb Tenses
Past Perfect
Preparado por
Prof. Carmen Cembalest, Enero 1994
Revisado por
Prof. Thelvenitsie Hernández, Junio 2006

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3. VII. Past Perfect: Indicates an action that took place in the past before another past
action. The auxiliary verb had and the past participle form of the verb is used to form this
verb tense.
I
You
He
She had + past participle form of the verb
It
They
We
Example: They had left for the party when you called.
Question Form:
Had + Subject + past participle verb + rest of sentence
Had they left for the party when you called?
Negative Form:
Subject + had + not + past participle verb + rest of sentence
They had not left for the party when you called.