Past Perfect Tense

Past Tense:

Past Tense
Simple Past Tense	Past Continuous Tense	Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense: The past perfect tense describes an action completed before a certain moment in the past.

Past perfect = use of had + V3 (past participle)

Past Perfect Tense
	Singular	Plural
First Person	I had eaten mango	We had eaten mango
Second Person	You had eaten mango	You had eaten mango
Third Person	He had eaten mango	They had eaten mango
	She had eaten mango
	It had eaten mango

Formula: 

Positive: Subject + had + V3 + object

Negative: Subject + had + not + V3 + object

Interrogative: Had + subject + V3 + object

Nag. Int.: Had + not + subject + V3 + object

Example: 

1. I had eaten mango last night.
2. They had gone to play.

Example:

मैंने पिछले साल मेरा काम समाप्त कर लिया था ।

Positive: I had finished my work last year.

Negative: I hadn’t finished my work last year.

Interrogative: Had I finished my work last year?

Neg. Int.: Hadn’t I finished my work last year?

यह पिछले महीने भारी बारिश हो चूकी थी।

Positive: It had rained heavily last month.

Negative: It hadn’t rained heavily last month.

Interrogative: Had it rained heavily last month?

Neg. Int.: Hadn’t it rained heavily last month?

हमारे सिनेमा तक पहुँच से पहले फिल्म शुरू हो चूकी थी।

Positive: The film had started before we reached cinema.

Negative: The film hadn’t started before we reached cinema.

Interrogative: Had the film started before we reached cinema?

Neg. Int.: Hadn’t the film started before we reached cinema?

Past Continuous Tense

Past Tense:

Past Tense
Simple Past Tense	Past Continuous Tense	Past Perfect Tense

Past Continuous Tense: The past continuous tense is used to denote an action going on at the same time in the past.

Past continuous = use of (was / were) + V1 + ing

Past Continuous Tense
	Singular	Plural
First Person	I was eating mango last night	We were eating mango last night
Second Person	You were eating mango last night	You were eating mango last night
Third Person	He was eating mango last night	They were eating mango last night
	She was eating mango last night
	It was eating mango last night

Formula: 

Positive: Subject + was / were + V1 + ing + object

Negative: Subject + was / were + not + V1 + ing + object

Interrogative: was / were + subject + V1 + ing + object

Nag. Int.: was / were + not + subject + V1 + ing + object

Example:

1. I was dancing with kajol.
2. You were singing loudly.

Example: 

मैं पेन ढूँढ रही थी ।

Positive: I was searching a pen.

Negative: I wasn’t searching a pen.

Interrogative: was I searching a pen?

Neg. Int.: wasn’t I searching a pen?

मेरे पिताजी नोकरी से निवृत हो रहे थे ।

Positive: My father was retiring from the job.

Negative: My father wasn’t retiring from the job.

Interrogative: was my father retiring from the job?

Neg. Int.: wasn’t my father retiring from the job?

में आपका खत् पढ़ रहा था ।

Positive: I was reading your letter.

Negative: I wasn’t reading your letter.

Interrogative: was I reading your letter?

Neg. Int.: wasn’t I reading your letter?