Verbal tenses

1. Past perfect

2. Positive
I had lived there
You had lived there
He/ she/ it had lived there
We had lived there
You had lived there
They had lived there
HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE

3. Negative ( full form) Negative ( contractions)
I had not lived there I hadn’t lived there
You had not lived there You hadn’t lived there
He/she/it had not lived there He/she/it hadn’t lived there
We had not lived there We hadn’t lived there
You had not lived there You hadn’t lived there
They had not lived there They hadn’t lived there

4. Questions Short answers
Had I lived there? Yes, you had / No, you hadn’t.
Had you lived there? Yes, I had / No, I hadn’t
Had he/she/it lived there? Yes, he had / No, he hadn’t
Had we lived there? Yes, you had / No, you hadn’t
Had you lived there? Yes, we had / No, we hadn’t
Had they lived there? Yes, they had / No, they hadn’t

5. Past perfect: usage
It is used when we talk about two past events and we want to
make clear which event happened first. Then we use the past
perfect for the first event and the past simple for the second
event.
- The match had started when we got to the stadium.
- When I arrived home, my wife had already left.