What Will We Learn?
In the past perfect tense, we will learn a lot about this. We will study how to make sentences for this tense and what we need to make the sentences cleaner and more understandable. In this tense, we think of the work or anything that has been done in the past. We are just thinking about it right now. Just think of the work you did yesterday and today; you have no more of that work, but the work you did yesterday was very interesting to you, so you are just thinking about that. How cool this tense is, isn’t it?
In this article, we will completely try to understand this tense from scratch to the advanced level. Do not worry. We are with you in this reading of the article. You can ask anywhere while you are studying this article and learning about this tense in the comments. We are always here to help you out in this regard. What will we learn? is a very simple question to ask about this article. Let’s show you what we will learn in this article.
- A definition of this tense in Urdu
- We will learn the recognition of this tense in Urdu
- We will also learn how to make sentences for this tense too.
- We are going to understand where this tense is used too.
- At the end, we have an exercise for you to solve.
- A PDF version containing more examples and a lot of material only about this tense is given too.
Definition in Urdu
اگر ماضی میں ہم کسی خاص وقت سے متعلق سوچ رہے یا بات کر رہے ہیں اور اس وقت سے مزید پہلے ماضی میں کوئی اور کام مکمل ہو چکا ہے تو اس کو پاست پرفیکٹ سے ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔
Recognition in Urdu
جملے کے آخر میں ‘چکا تھا، چکی تھی، چکے تھے وغیرہ’ آتا ہے۔ مثلاً ‘جب میں کالج پہنچا، چپراسی گھنٹی بجا چکا تھا۔’
How To Make Sentences For This Tense?
Simple Sentences
Structure
Subject + Helping Verb + Third Form of Verb + Object
I/We/You/They/He/She/It/Singular Noun/Plural Noun + has + worked.
Negative Sentences
Structure
Subject + Helping Verb + not + Third Form of Verb + Object
I/We/You/They/He/She/It/Singular Noun/Plural Noun + has + not + worked.
Interrogative Sentences
Structure
Helping Verb + Subject + Third Form of Verb + Object?
Had + I/We/You/They/He/She/It/Singular Noun/Plural Noun + worked?
Negative-Interrogative Sentences
Structure
Helping Verb + Subject + not + Third Form of Verb + Object
Had + I/We/You/They/He/She/It/Singular Noun/Plural Noun + not + worked?
مندرجہ ذیل فقرے پر غور کریں۔
چپراسی گھنٹی بجا چکا تھا۔فقرے کا دوسرا حصہ | جب میں کالج پہنچافقرے کا پہلا حصہ |
فقرے کے دوسرے حصے کا اختتام “چکا تھا” پر ہوا ہے۔ اس لیے اس حصے میں پچھلا کامل زمانہ استعمال کر لیں۔ یعنی S + had + V3 + O The peon had rung the bell | فقرے کے پہلے حصے کا اختتام ا، ی، یے پر ہوا ہے۔ لہٰذا اس حصے میں سادہ ماضی کے زمانے استعمال کریں۔ یعنی S + V2 + O When I reached the college |
Where is it used?
مندرجہ ذیل جگہوں پر استعمال ہوتا ہے۔
ماضی میں کسی خاص وقت سے پہلے جب کوئی کام مکمل ہو چکا ہو۔(i)
(a) I met Nadeem yesterday, I had seen him in the examination hall a week before.
اگر وہ کام ماضی میں ہوئے ہوں یا ان میں سے جو کام پہلے مکمل ہوا ہو اس میں پاست پرفیکٹ اور دوسرے میں پاست سمپل لگے گا۔(ii)
(a) When the doctor arrived, the patient had died.
(b) The train had steamed off before Saima reached the station.
Exercise
So far, you have gained a full apprehension of the tense, and now you can make sentences for this tense too if you have learnt this tense carefully. Now it is the time to assess all the knowledge you have gained in this article about the past perfect tense and pour it into the exercise and solve it.
- The patient ____________, when the doctor came. (die)
- It ___________ before I came out. (rain)
- They ____________ the exam two days before. (take)
- She said that she _______________ tea. (drink)
- When I reached school, the peon _____________ the bell. (ring)
- He ______________ wine before. (never drink)
- I asked him if he _____________ the exam. (take)
- They already _____________ the match when the captain came. (win)
- She said that she ______________ a snake in the room. (just see)
- She asked me whether I ________________ meal. (eat)
PDF-Version
This PDF, which we are going to share with you, is full of amazements. Whatever is left behind in this article or from the reading, or if you do not find anything sufficient in this reading, everything is covered up in this PDF. This PDF is full and compendious with the examples of the past continuous tense that will give you a more in-depth understanding of this tense. We have written it with the approval of our specialists and our subject experts. This PDF will obviously cover each and every detail about this tense.
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