The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action in

the past. It is formed with the auxiliary verb “had” and the past participle of the main verb.

Here are some examples of how to use the past perfect tense:

To show the order of two past events:

Example: When I arrived at the party, everyone had already started dancing.
To emphasize that one action was completed before another action began:

Example: She had finished her homework before she went to bed.
To talk about an action that happened before a specific time in the past:

Example: By the time I was 10 years old, I had already read all the Harry Potter books.
Here is a table of the past perfect tense:

Pronoun Had + Past Participle

I had
You had
He/she/it had
We had
They had
Here are some negative and interrogative past perfect sentences:

Negative: I had not (hadn’t) finished my work when the boss arrived.
Interrogative: Had you seen the movie before we went to the theater?
Here are some contractions of the past perfect tense:
I’d = I had
You’d = you had
He’d = he had
She’d = she had
It’d = it had
We’d = we had
They’d = they had
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.