· Se construye con el auxiliar
had más el
participio de pasado del
verbo que corresponda.
- Craig had lost his
keys / Craig había perdido sus llaves
· Es invariable para todas las
personas.
AFIRMATIVA
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NEGATIVA
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INTERROGATIVA
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I had played
You had played
He had played
We had played
You had played
They had played
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I had not played
You had not played
He had not played
We had not played
You had not played
They had not played
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Had I played?
Had you played?
Had he played?
Had we played?
Had you played?
Had they played?
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·
Indica una acción que ocurrió con anterioridad a otra en el pasado.
Suele emplearse junto con conjunciones de tiempo como "when" o
términos
como "just", "already", "because", etc.
- When I arrived at the cinema, the
film had already started.
Cuando llegué al cine, la película ya había empezado.
*
El suceso de comenzar la película ocurrió con anterioridad a mi
llegada.
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