Past Perfect زمان گذشته کامل (ماضی بعید) فاعل+had+قسمت سوم فعل+ مفعول+...+گذشته ساده گذشته کامل نشان می دهد که کاری در گذشته قبل از یک عمل گذشته دیگر انجام گرفته است. I had eaten lunch before you came. I had seen that movie before you saw. She had changed her hair style befor we met her. We had visited so many different places, before we came home. طرز شناختن گذشته کامل جملات در زمان ماضی بعید با یک گذشته ساده همراه اند همچنین با کلمات ربط by the time, as soon as, be for, after بیان می شوند. Hassan had left as soon as we came here. طرز ساختن ماضی بعید این زمان به کمک فعل کمکی had همراه با اسم مفعول فعل ماضی ساخته می شود. I had gone. She had gone. طرز منفی سوالی کردن گذشته کامل برای سوالی کردن فعل کمکی had را به ابتدای جمله می آوریم و برای منفی کردن کلمه not را بعد از فعل کمکی had قرار
زمان گذشته كامل ساختار [TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD] جملات مثبت و منفي: [TABLE="width: 440"] [TR] [TD] past participle (قسمت سوم فعل) [/TD] [TD] had ('d) had not (hadn't) [/TD] [TD] I, you, we, they he, she, it [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] جملات پرسشي: [TABLE="width: 440"] [TR] [TD] past participle (قسمت سوم فعل)? [/TD] [TD] I, you, we, they he, she, it [/TD] [TD] had hadn't [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] کاربرد ما از زمان گذشته کامل استفاده ميکنيم تا نشان دهيم عملي پيش از عمل ديگري در گذشته اتفاق افتاده است (گذشته در گذشته). در واقع گذشته کامل معادل گذشتهی زمان حال کامل است. (با گذشته ساده مقايسه کنيد) به مقايسه بين زمانهاي حال کامل و گذشته کامل توجه کنيد: [TABLE="width: 95%"] [TR] [TD="width: 284"] گذشته کامل [/TD] [TD="width: 284"] حال کامل [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 284"] * We weren't hungry. We'd just had dinner. * I didn't know who he was. I'd never seen him before. [/TD] [TD="width: 284"] * We aren't hungry. We've just had dinner. * Who is that man? I've never seen him before. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] چند مثال ديگر از زمان گذشته کامل: It was the first time he had ever seen a tiger. When I arrived at the cinema, the film had already begun. She didn't want to go to the theatre with the others because she'd seen the play before. مقايسه بين گذشته كامل و گذشته ساده به تفاوت ميان جملات زير دقت کنيد: When I arrived home, my wife went out. but: When I arrived home, my wife had gone out. منبع: زبانکده رشد
