Past Perfect Tense – Day 3

Positive Sentences (సానుకూల వాక్యాలు)

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 Day 3 Objective

• Past Perfect Positive sentences ని సులభంగా నిర్మించడం
• రెండు past actions లో ఏది ముందుగా జరిగిందో గుర్తించడం
• Story, exam, daily usage లో confidence రావడం

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 Positive Sentence – Core Formula

Subject + had + V³ (Past Participle)

👉 Sentence positive అంటే not ఉండదు
👉 Helping verb ఎప్పుడూ had
👉 Main verb ఎప్పుడూ V³

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 Past Perfect ఎప్పుడు వాడాలి?

Past Perfect వాడేది — రెండు past actions ఉన్నప్పుడు 👉 ముందుగా జరిగిన పని చూపించడానికి

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✍️ Simple Examples (Slow Understanding)

• I had finished my work.
  👉 నేను పని ముందే పూర్తి చేశాను
• She had eaten food.
  👉 ఆమె భోజనం ముందే చేసింది
• They had left the village.
  👉 వాళ్లు ముందే గ్రామం విడిచారు

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 Two Actions – One Sentence

ఇక్కడే Past Perfect అసలు power.

Pattern:
Past Perfect (earlier action) + Simple Past (later action)

• I had reached the station
  before the train arrived.
• She had completed the exam
  before the bell rang.
• We had locked the door
  when the rain started.

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Story-Based Examples (Exam Favorite)

• The movie started after we had taken our seats.
• The teacher entered the class after students had kept silent.
• The police arrived after the thief had escaped.

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 Very Common Mistakes

• ❌ I had finish the work
  ✅ I had finished the work
• ❌ She has gone home
  ✅ She had gone home
• ❌ They had went early
  ✅ They had gone early

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 Practice – Day 3

1. I (submit) the form before office closed.
2. She (learn) driving before buying a car.
3. They (book) tickets before travelling.
4. We (complete) syllabus before exams began.

👉 Answers will be discussed in Day 4

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 Day 3 Key Summary

✔ Past Perfect = earlier past action
✔ Structure never changes
✔ had + V³ is compulsory

ఇది క్లియర్ అయితే stories, exams, narration — అన్నీ easy.

— Shaktimatha Learning