Past Perfect negative

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Past perfect

Negative Sentences

It is used to indicate that one event occurred before another in the past.

When do we use past perfect?

Auxiliary Had not

We need

Auxiliary Had nothadn´t

We can use the contraction

We use auxiliary had with all the nouns

I had notYou had notHe had notShe had notIt had notWe had notYou had notThey had not

We use auxiliary had with all the nouns

I hadn´tYou hadn´tHe hadn´tShe hadn´tIt hadn´tWe hadn´tYou hadn´tThey hadn´t

We need verbs in participle

Infinitiveeatplaydrinkcooklistenbuywrite

Pastateplayeddrankcookedlistenedboughtwrote

Participleeatenplayeddrunkcookedlistenedboughtwritten

Grammar Rule

Noun+ had not+ verb participle+ complement

hadn´t

Examples

I hadn´t done my homework

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You hadn´t payed attention in class

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He hadn´t cooked dinner for his friends

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It hadn´t eaten all the dog food

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You hadn´t written a letter

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We hadn´t played videogames

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They hadn´t traveled by plane

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