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Structure

♦ Affirmative sentences

For affirmative sentences, we use the past participle form of the verb.

subject auxiliary verb past participle rest of the sentence

• He had earned a lot of money.
• They had decided to go to Japan.

♦ Negative sentences

For negative sentences, we have the following structure.

subject auxiliary verb not past participle rest of the sentence

subject had not past participle rest of the sentence

• She had not cooked any food for us.

• They had not finished their homework.

♦ Interrogative sentences

For interrogative sentences, we have the following structure.

auxiliary verb subject past participle rest of the sentence

had subject past participle rest of the sentence

• Had you completed the task?
• Had she appeared for an exam?

D. Complete these sentences by filling in the blanks with the past perfect tense
of the verbs.

1. The tourists realised that they (take) the wrong turn.
2. The security guard informed us that the last student
(leave) at 4 p.m.

3. I showed my parents my report card after we (finish)
our dinner.

4. The doctor (examine) all the patients before she left.

5. By the time I reached Aditya’s house, he (leave)
for Dehradun.

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