We can use the past perfect and the past perfect continuous to ask questions about the past. Simple questions in the past perfect are formed using:

had Subject Past Participle
Had I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
flown to London before?

Simple questions in the past perfect continuous are formed using:

had Subject been Present Participle
Had I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
been flying to London before?

We can use these simple questions to ask about experiences in the past. Here are some examples of questions and answers in the past perfects.

team

Had they won any games before yesterday?

No, they hadn't. This was their first win!

hiding

Had you been hiding for long before they found you?

Yes, I'd been hiding for a whole hour.

on the tree

Had she come down by the time you arrived?

No, she was still stuck in the tree.

Notice that these simple sentences are always answered with yes or no.


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