When I arrived, she had already left town.
(Things had always happened that way.)
Good job! Now, remember: HAD never changes in the Past Perfect. So
the rest of these should be simple for you. (Well, simple for us to say....)
Past Perfect
Negative?
(S + HADN'T + V3 + {S + V2})
She hadn't eaten before I left.
Now you should notice that you could also say:
({S + V2} + S + HADN'T + V3
)
Before I left, she hadn't eaten.
Both are correct. But in either case remember the
Past Perfect always needs a TIME in the past
so it can happen before that. That TIME statement
can be one word:
Monday I still hadn't studied.
or it can be a few words or a prepositional phrase:
By last Monday, I still hadn't studied yet.
or very often, it will be a full TIME CLAUSE, with its
own subject and verb (V2), but in the Past Simple tense.
When I went to school Monday, I still hadn't studied yet.
(Sound familiar? Notice that we add words like "yet"
and "already" to make the time
clearer.)
If you remember that the TIME CLAUSE is Past Simple,
it should be easy for you to do a Past Perfect Negative:
({S
+ V2} + S + HADN'T + V3
)
moved sick when hasn't she became
hadn't yet
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