Past Perfect Tense | Class 12 AHSEC English – Important Tense Questions with Answers | Previous Exam Questions

Tips for Using the Past Perfect Tense:

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✔Earlier Action + Later Action → Past Perfect + Simple Past

✔Past Perfect is used for clarity when two past events occur together

✔ Signal words for Past Perfect: after, before, by the time, already, when, just—these words help indicate the earlier action in a sentence.

EXERCISE

We reached the station after the train (leave).

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We reached the station after the train had left.

The patient (die) before the doctor reached.

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The patient had died before the doctor reached.

The train (leave) before I reached the station.

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The train had left before I reached the station.

When I reached the station, the train (leave).

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When I reached the station, the train had left.

The meeting (begin) when we arrived at the auditorium.

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The meeting had begun when we arrived at the auditorium.

As soon as I came in, she (leave) the room.

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As soon as I came in, she had left the room.

All the students (leave) when I reached the school.

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All the students had left when I reached the school.

They (reach) home before it grew dark.

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They had reached home before it grew dark.

We reached the station after the train (leave).

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We reached the station after the train had left.

He (visit) many towns before he returned home.

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He had visited many towns before he returned home.

I reached the place after he (leave).

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I reached the place after he had left.

We reached the station after the train (leave).

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We reached the station after the train had left.

I (write) the letter before he arrived.

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I had written the letter before he arrived.

His father (die) before the doctor arrived.

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His father had died before the doctor arrived.

He suddenly realized that he (leave) the purse in the bus.

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He suddenly realized that he had left the purse in the bus.

Ram went out after he (lock) the door.

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Ram went out after he had locked the door.