Время Past Perfect обозначает действие, которое завершилось до некоего момента в
I called Jim too late, he had already left.Утвердительные предложения:
I had played We had played You had played You had played He / she / it had played They had playedВопросительные предложения:
Had I played? Had we played? Had you played? Had you played? Had he / she / it played? Had they played?Отрицательные предложения:
I had not played We had not played You had not played You had not played He / she / it had not played They had not playedВремя Past Perfect образуется при вс глагола to have в времени и причастия времени значимого глагола, то есть его «третьей формы».
To have в времени имеет единственную форму had.
Причастие второе, или причастие времени (Participle II), можно получить, прибавив к начальной форме значимого глагола окончание -ed:
examine – examined, enjoy – enjoyed, close – closedОднако в английском языке есть также достаточно большая группа неправильных глаголов, которые образуют форму времени не по общим правилам.
В вопросительном предложении вс глагол выносится на место перед подлежащим, а значимый глагол остается после него:
Had you brushed your teeth before you went to bed?В отрицательных предложениях за вс глаголом следует отрицательная частица not. При этом они могут быть сокращены до формы hadn’t.
How did you hope to pass the exam if you had not (hadn’t) even opened the textbook?