Form: past perfect

had + past participle

The past perfect is formed with had + the past participle form of the verb.

Affirmative

Subject Auxiliary Verb (past participle)  
I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
had arrived by then.

The following contracted forms are often used in spoken and in informal written language:

I had » I'd
you had » you'd
he/she/it had » he'd/she'd/it'd
we had » we'd
you had » you'd
they had »
they'd

Negative

Subject Auxiliary not Verb (past participle)  
I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
had not arrived by then.

The contracted form hadn't is often used instead of had not in spoken and in informal written language.

Interrogative

(Question word) Auxiliary Subject Verb (past participle)  
(Why) had I
you
he/she/it
we
you
they
arrived by then?

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