Past Perfect Simple Tense

Past Perfect Simple Tense je glagolsko vreme koje u srpskom jeziku odgovara pluskvamperfektu. Takojde je složeni vid glagolskom vremena. Ovo vreme se skoro uvek upotrebljava u kombinaciji sa Past Simple Tense-om.

Građenje

Past Perfect Simple Tense se gradi od pomoćnog glagola to have u prošlom vremenu koje glasi had  za sva lica, i glavnog glagola u formi prošlog participa.

Subject + have + verb (past participle)

Lice	Jednina	Množina
1.	I had sung	We had sung
2.	You had sung	You had sung
3.	He/She/It had sung	They had sung

Negativni oblik ovog glagolskog vremena dobija se negacijom pomoćnog glagola to have uz pomoć not.

Lice	Jednina	Množina
1.	I had not (hadn't) sung	We had not (hadn't) sung
2.	You had not (hadn't) sung	You had not (hadn't) sung
3.	He/She/It had not (hadn't) sung	They had not (hadn't) sung

Upitni oblik se dobija inverzijom pomoćnog glagola to have i subjekta, nakon čega sledi glagol u past participle formi.

Primer:

Had she done her homework before she went out?

Upotreba

1. Ovo glagolsko vreme se primarno koristi da prikaže radnju koja se završila u prošlosti, najčešće davnoj prošlosti, pre neke druge prošle radnje.

Primer:

Bob had travelled back home before he did his project.

2. Koristi se sa adverbijalom when da pokaže da se jedna prošla radnja završila pre nego što je druga počela.

Primer:

I had finished my job when he started his.

3. Koristi se u trećem kondicionalu (Third Conditional) i to u if-clause.

Primer:

If I had gone to the trip, I would have seen that monument.

4. Koristi se u neupravnom govoru kao zamena za Past Simple.

Primer:

Jack: "I studied in Belgrade."  -----> Upravni govor

Jack said that he had studied in Belgrade. ------> Neupravni govor

5. I naravno koristi se sa glagolima bez continuous forme (objašnjene kod Present Simple Tense-a)