Past Perfect Tense = Davno prošlo vreme
Ovo vreme gradimo od prošlog vremena pomoćnog glagola to have (HAD) i prošlog participa glavnog glagola, koji se kod pravilnih glagola gradi dodavanjem nastavka -ED na glagol, a kod nepravilnih je to poseban oblik iz treće kolone liste nepravilnih glagola. Upitni oblik se gradi inverzijom, a odrični dodavanjem rečce NOT na pomoćni glagol.
Ovo vreme koristimo da izrazimo radnju u prošlosti koja se desila pre neke druge prošle radnje.
- We had left home BEFORE he came.
- He fell asleep AFTER I had drunk a glass of milk.
- BY THE TIME we arrived to the cinema, the film had started.
- I had not finished the project BY 6 o' clock last night.
- We had left home BEFORE he came.
- He fell asleep AFTER I had drunk a glass of milk.
- BY THE TIME we arrived to the cinema, the film had started.
- I had not finished the project BY 6 o' clock last night.