Past perfect

"Past perfect" corresponds to the past perfect indicative.

We use the present perfect when:


Refers to an action or state that begins in the past and precedes another action that is also in the past.

For actions that happened at a specific time in the past

It is used in reported speech for "indirect speech" when someone uses the present perfect tense to express what someone said.

Some conditional sentences must use the past tense translation of the subjunctive mood.


Negative.

write the past perfect in negative:

Sujeto + had + not + past participle

Affirmative

write the past perfect in affirmative:

Sujeto + had + past participle 

Interrogative

Had + sujeto + past participle

Had + sujeto + not + past participle








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