Past Perfect Tense Pluskvamperfekat Past Perfect Tense HAD

Past Perfect Tense Pluskvamperfekat

Past Perfect Tense � HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE � PAST PARTICIPLE = regular verb + ed irregular verb > third column

Potvrdni oblik � singular � plural �I � We had worked � You had worked � He had worked � She had worked � It had worked � You had worked � They had worked

Potvrdni oblik �I had gone � You had gone � He had gone � We had gone � You had gone � They had gone

Questions � Had you worked? � Had they gone?

Negative � He hadn’t worked � They hadn’t gone.

Use � It refers to an action in the past which was completed before another action in the past denoted by the Past Simple Tense. � Označava radnju koja je završena u prošlosti pre neke druge prošle radnje koja je iskazana u prostom prošlom vremenu.

� Lucy had learned English before she came to England. � Lusi je naučila engleski pre nego što je došla u Englesku. �I didn’t want to go to the cinema because I’d seen the film before. � Nisam želeo da idem u bioskop pošto sam već gledao taj film.

Conjunctions which are often used before the Past Perfect are: � � � � when before after once as soon as until by the time

� By the time I saw her again, she had already married Tom. � Do trenutka kada sam je ponovo videla, ona se već udala za Toma. � When I got home, I realized that someone had broken into my flat and had stolen my TV. � Kada sam stigao kući, shvatio sam da mi je neko provalio u stan i ukrao mi televizor.