Past Perfect Simple Tense

  Past Perfect Simple gradi se od pomoćnog glagola to have u prošlom vremenu (had) + past participle (infinitiv + nastavak -ed -za pravilne glagole; III kola nepravilnih glagola).

Primer potvrdnog, odričnog i upitnog oblika Past Perfect-a

  Upotreba:

1. Radnja koja se desila pre neke druge prošle radnje:

• Before I arrived, I had called him over the phone to inform him about the visit.

2. Radnja u prošlosti koja je obustavljena pre neke druge prošle radnje:

• Peter, who had waited for an hour, was very angry with his sister when she turned up.

3. Takođe se koristi kada pripovedač priča o prošlim događajima iz određene tačke u prošlosti:

• Tom was 23 when our story begins. His father had died five years before and since then Tom had lived  alone. His father had advised him not to get married till he was 35, and Tom intended to follow this advice.

4. U trećem kondicionalu:

• If I had found her adress, I would have sent the invitation.

Vremenske odrednice