ساختار زمان گذشته کامل :
ساختار اين زمان به شکل زير مي باشد:
subject | + | auxiliary verb HAVE | + | main verb |
conjugated in simple past tense | past participle | |||
had | V3 |
براي ساختن جمله منفي در زمان گذشته کامل بين فعل کمکي had و فعل اصلي ، not اضافه مي کنيم و براي ساخت جملات سوالي کافيست جاي فعل کمکي و فاعل را عوض نماييم. به مثالهاي زير توجه کنيد:
subject | auxiliary verb | main verb | |||
+ | I | had | finished | my work. | |
+ | You | had | stopped | before me. | |
– | She | had | not | gone | to school. |
– | We | had | not | left. | |
? | Had | you | arrived? | ||
? | Had | they | eaten | dinner? |
هنگامي که از زمان گذشته کامل صحبت مي کنيم معمولا فعل کمکي و فاعل را خلاصه مي نماييم:
I had | I’d |
you had | you’d |
he had she had it had | he’d she’d it’d |
we had | we’d |
they had | they’d |
نکته اينکه شکل خلاصه d’ هم علاوه بر had براي فعل کمکي would نيز به کار مي رود . به طور مثال We’d هم مي تواند We had باشد و هم We would و معمولا از روي فعل اصلي است که به اين نکته پي مي بريم:
We had arrived. (past participle)
We would arrive. (base)