Explanation of Past Perfect Tense in Urdu
This tense is used to show an earlier action than the other.It means that if two actions happened in the past ,it may be necessary to show which action took place earlier than the other. To show the first action, we use Past Perfect Tense and to show the second action we use Past Simple tense.
e.g. The patient had died before the doctor came.
The Patient had died (First Action)
The doctor came (Second Action)
e.g. My parents had already eaten by the time I got home.
Parents ate (First Action)
I got home (Second Action)
So, remeber that Past Perfect usually comes with Past Simple.
10 comments:
Hi Faisal,
Thankyou very much for your lessons.They are very helpful.
I have a problem here.
Kindly explain me the difference between the below two sentences.
1. My parents ate before I reached home.
2. My parents had eaten before I reached home.
Are they not conveying same message? or is sentence 1 wrong? and if so, why?
Thankyou.
Ramya
Sentence 1 is not right because you are talking about two actions in the past and they did not happen at the same time , they happened at different times. One happened earlier than the other.
My parents had eaten (action 1)
before I reached home (action 2)
So the action EAT happened earlier than the action REACH and as per the rules of English Grammar we must be using Past Perfect Tense for the action that happened earlier and Past Simple Tense for the action that happened after-wards. I hope it is clear. If you still have a question, kindly mail me using CONTACT ME form.
dear
why we use had in past perfect tense
wasif
dear faisal
do u give me simple tense exeercise on my emaio address
Because it is in the structure of Past Perfect Tense. We are adopting the language not changing it.
Dear Sir Faisal,
Assalam-o-Alikum,
Sir i have a two problem here,
1-we had found that before they found
2-they had reached at farmhouse after A night came.
please confirm me these sentence are right or wrong. thanks
how we use will,should,shall,could,would,canin the sentenses?
your answer was very convincing. thanks sir
Hahaha it's funny anyway now I v cleard my vision abt past really perfect thanks might
Could we say like "the patient was died before the doc cam
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