Past perfect (indicative mood)

Past perfect (indicative mood)

The past perfect of indicative mood It is a verb tense that is used to refer to an action in the past that takes place before another action also in the past. For example: When I arrived, everyone already knew hadgone of the place.

This verb tense is formed with the assistant "Have" in past imperfect or copreterite (indicative mood) followed by participle of the main verb, which is the one that will give it the global meaning. The fact that it is a perfect verb indicates that the action is finished. For example: The boy was crying because he there wasbeaten.

Uses of the past perfect

The past perfect is used:

Past perfect conjugation

Examples of sentences with past tense verbs

1. When she entered primary school, the girl already she had learned to read and write.
2. Never she had lived a paranormal experience until that night.
3. When they arrived at the ticket office, they were informed that the tickets were hadExhausted.
4. We had booked a room in the best hotel, but when we arrived it was full.
5. She told me to I had sent a message, but it never reached me.
6. When we get to the movies, already had started the movie.
7. They decided to leave because they had waited two hours.
8. She entered her home and discovered that cats they had broken all glass ornaments.
9. He was tired because he had strolled all afternoon in the park.
10. He never knew where she had come that strange man.
11. He got his job from him in January and by September already they had ascended of post.
12. The old man was grateful because he had had an extraordinary life.
13. He could not find his wallet and understood that he was they had stolen on the way home.
14. Already we had read all of the writer's novels when we finally met him in person.
15. The man was ready to go on a trip and his family had not yet he had prepared the suitcases.
16. When asked where she was that night, he stated that she had left for a walk.
17. The boss came to the office and was informed that his wife had has called several times in his absence.
18. We have been thinking we went on vacation to the beach, but finally we decided on the mountain.
19. Never Had visited a zoo as big as that.
20. When I woke up, everyone already knew hadgotten up.
21. The father discovered with amazement that the child had resolved the problem on their own.
22. He will never they had written a love poem.
23. He came to my house with no appetite because there wasdined on the way.
24. I know had seen the night before and they already missed each other.
25. When the nurse looked at the patient, she noticed that already had opened the eyes.
26. During questioning, the defendants acknowledged that they had committed the crime.
27. The girl was upset because she had slept bad last night.
28. She finished class and realized that she did not she had understood nothing.
29. When we return to the river, the sky already knows there wasclear.
30. We had worked all night and we had no energy left.

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