Past Perfect | MCQs

Explanation

The sentence structure "had been + verb (-ing)" indicates the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

This tense is used to show an action that started in the past and continued for a certain duration before another past event.

Explanation

The train had gone before the passengers came.

This sentence uses the past perfect tense ("had gone") to show an action completed before another past action.

"Had" is the correct auxiliary verb for forming the past perfect.

Explanation

This sentence belongs to the third type of conditional sentence.

In type 3 conditional sentences, the time is the past and the situation is hypothetical.

Formula: if + past perfect, …would + have + past participle.

Explanation

Past perfect tense uses "had" + past participle to show an action completed before another past action.

"Had gone" indicates the action was completed in the past.

Explanation

Past perfect continuous tense follows the structure: Subject + had been + verb (-ing) + duration.

It expresses an action that started in the past and continued for some time before another past event.

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In other words, man had been struggling hard for life.

Note: had been is the helping verb of Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

Explanation

The past perfect tense requires "had" plus the past participle of the verb.

The past participle of "be" is "been".

Nothing had been done by them.

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The structure "had + past participle" (had broken) indicates past perfect tense.

Past perfect is used for an action completed before another past event.

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She never wrote to him in the past.

The sentence is in the past tense because of the phrase "in the past."

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The past perfect sentence is:  She had laughed.

The past perfect tense uses "had" + past participle (in this case, "laughed").