Question

3. Past Perfect Tense:
Exercise
Put the verbs given in the brackets in the correct forms, using Past perfect (had+ past participle form or Past Simple):
1. He said he …………… (be + not) present at the meeting
2. John wanted to know why Mary …………… (come) home late.
3. Until he …………… (explain), the students …………… (not understand).
4. He …………… (go) blind before he …………… (be) nine years of age.
5. The fire …………… (burn) for three hours when the firemen ……. (arrive).
6. His neighbors …………… (will) not speak to him until he ………. (apologize)
7. The workers …………… (will) not call off the strike unless their demands …………… (accept).
8. He told me that he …….. never …. (meet) you.

Answer 1

1.He said he $\boxed{will not}$ be present at the meeting

2.John wanted to know why Mary $\boxed{had Came}$
Late

3.Until he $\boxed{had explained}$ the students $\boxed{did not understood}$

4.He $\boxed{had gone}$ blind before he $\boxed{was}$ nine years of age

5.The fire HAD BURNT for Three hours when the firemen had arrived

6.His neighbors would not speak to him until he apologizes.

7.The workers would not call off the strike unless their demand had accepted

8.He told me that he $\boxed{had}$never met you.

Answer 2

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1.He said he will not be present at the meeting.

2.John wanted to know why Mary had Came Late.

3.Until he had explained the students did not understood.

4.He had gone blind before he was nine years of age.

5.The fire had brunt for Three hours when the firemen had arrived.

6.His neighbors would not speak to him until he apologizes.

7.The workers would not call off the strike unless their demand had accepted.

8.He told me that he had never met you.

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$\bf{\underline{\underline{STRUCTURE}}}$

For active voice, we write:

$\bf{\blue{subject\: + \:had \:+ \:past\: participle}}$

$\bf{\underline{\underline {FORMATION}}}$

$\bf{\underline{1. Affirmative\: sentences }}$

We use$\blue{had}$ and third form of the verb with all the subjects.

$\bf{\red{Examples:}}$

• I $\blue{had\:already}$ met the manager.

• The train$\blue{had\: left}$ before I reached the station.

$\bf{\underline{2. Negative\: sentences }}$

We use $\blue{not}$ after $\blue{had}$ .

$\bf{\red{Examples:}}$

• He $\blue{had \:not\: applied}$ for a job here till we told him to.

• Mother $\blue{had \:not \:left}$ for the market when the postman arrived.

$\bf{\underline{3. Interrogative\: sentences}}$

We put had before the subject.

$\bf{\red{Examples:}}$

• $\blue{Had} you \blue{read}$ the contract before you signed it?

• $\blue{Had} she \blue{found}$ a new job by that time?

$\bf{\underline{\underline {USES}}}$

1.The past perfect tense is used to denote an action which had been completed at some point in the past before another action took place. Therefore, it is generally used along with the simple past tense .

$\bf{\red{Examples:}}$

• The message came after he $\blue{had\: left} the office .</li></ul><p></p><ul><li>The chief guest[tex] \blue{had\: inaugurated}$ the library before we reached the school.

2. It is used with such verbs as hope, expect, think, mean, suppose, want, etc., to suggest that an expected past action did not take place.

$\bf{\red{Examples:}}$

• We$\blue{had \:hoped}$ that the weather would remain pleasant during our journey. (but it didn't)

• I$\blue{had\: thought}$ that I would be able to finish the project before the end of this month. (but I couldn't)

3. It is used to express an unfulfilled wish or condition in the past.

$\bf{\red{Examples:}}$

• I wish I$\blue{had \:shared}$ my problems with my parents.

• If she \blue{had \:approached}[/tex] me, I would have advised her to work harder.

4. This tense is used when from a specific time in the past, we look backward at an event that took place earlier in the past.

$\bf{\red{Examples:}}$

• By 8 a.m., the children$\blue{had \:assembled}$ in the ground.

• At 9:30 p.m., the Rajdhani Express$\blue{had \:departed}$ .