Matching Pairs Past PerfectOnline version The PAST PERFECT TENSE indicates that an action was completed (finished or "perfected") at some point in the past before something else happened. This tense is formed with the past tense form of "to have" (HAD) plus the past participle of the verb (which can be either regular or irregular in form) by Rubén Cordero 1 I had not done 2 Had you met 3 She had prepared 4 We had never seen a whale before our trip. dinner before leaving for work that day. all my homework when I went to class. her before?