पाठ 20 - Past Perfect Tense

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In this lesson you'll learn how to use the past perfect tense. Plenty of examples are given to show you how to use the past perfect tense. You'll also learn the past participles of more common English verbs.

A conversation is also included between two friends, who talk about the first day on a job.

विज्ञापन

बात चिट

English

Mark has just finished the first day at his new job. His friend Eric works a few blocks away, and they've met up at local café.

Eric: How was the first day at your new job?

Mark: Well, I had just arrived at the office, when I realized I had left my wallet at home. I went back home to get it, and by the time I was back at the office, I was 20 minutes late.

Eric: Oh no! Did it cause a problem?

Mark: No, but wasn't a good way to start my first day.

Eric: What happened next?

Mark: I introduced myself to the receptionist, then after a few minutes Susan arrived. She is one of the people who sat in on the interview. She took me around and introduced me to the people I'll be working with.

Eric: Had you met any of the people that you'll be working with before?

Mark: Yes. I had met Mike already at a friend's wedding, but I don't know him very well.

Eric: Did they put you to work right away?

Mark: No. Susan brought me to my desk and gave me a lot of documents to read.

Eric: I remember when I first started my job last year. I was very nervous, but it felt like starting on a new adventure as well.

शब्दावली और वाक्यांश

I had just arrived at the office
I had left my wallet
Did it cause a problem?
receptionist
interview
a friend's wedding
Did they put you to work right away?
desk
documents
adventure

व्याकरण

More Past Participles

Like the present perfect tense, the past perfect tense also uses past participles. The following table shows the past tense and past participle of some more common verbs.

Verb Past Tense Past Participle हिन्दी
be was been होना
begin began begun शुरू
believe believed believed विश्वास करने के लिए
break broke broken तोड़ना
choose chose chosen चुनने के लिए
close closed closed बंद करना
come came come आना
do did done करना
drink drank drunk पीने के लिए
eat ate eaten को खाने के
enjoy enjoyed enjoyed आनंद लेना
fall fell fallen गिरना
feel felt felt महसूस करना
find found found ढूंढना
fly flew flown उड़ना
forget forgot forgotten भूल जाने के लिए
give gave given देना
go went gone जाना
happen happened happened होना
have had had स्वामी होना, कब्जा करने के लिए
know knew known जानना
learn learned learned सीखना
let let let अनुमति देने के लिए, अनुमति देना
like liked liked पसंद करना
live lived lived जीने के लिए
need needed needed मुहताज होना
open opened opened खोलना
run ran run चलाने के लिए
say said said बोलना
see saw seen देखना
sit sat sat बेठना
sleep slept slept सोने के लिए
speak spoke spoken बोलना
stand stood stood बने रहने के लिए
take took taken लेना
talk talked talked बातचीत करना
teach taught taught सिखाना
tell told told बताना
think thought thought सोचना
touch touched touched छूना
turn turned turned घुमाना
walk walked walked पैदल चलना
want wanted wanted चाहना
wish wished wished इच्छा करना
write wrote written लिखना

Past Perfect Tense

The past perfect tense is used to indicate that an event happened before another event, or before a specific date in the past.

The past perfect tense is formed using the past participle of a verb along with the simple past tense of the verb have. The following table shows the past perfect tense of the verb walk.

Past Perfect Tense
I had walked
you had walked
he had walked
she had walked
it had walked
we had walked
they had walked

उदाहरण

I had already left when you arrived.
I planned to wash the dishes, but somebody had already washed them.
She had already learned French before she started to learn Spanish.
We had come home before it started to rain.
They had studied for the exam before writing it.
Had he locked the door when he left work?
He had forgotten to lock the door when he left for work.
He had not locked the door before he left for work.
Had the car needed a new engine when you bought it?
Had you read the books before you gave them to me?
She had just gotten home when they arrived.
I wanted to watch the movie, but they had already seen it.
It hadn't happened until last week.

Flashcards

Here are some flashcards to help you learn the past perfect tense. For each flashcard change the verb in the past tense to the past perfect tense.

प्रश्नोत्तरी

In the quiz for this lesson, you'll practice using the past perfect tense. Make sure you know the past participles included in this lesson. You can take the quiz as many times as you like. Your highest score will be saved.

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