[Grammar] I hadn't finished my meal.

[Ayon Khan]

If I want to use Past Perfect Tense, are my sentences grammatically correct?

Sentences -

1. I hadn't finished my meal.
2. Anthony hadn't had a day off for months.
3. They had not eaten for five hours.
4. I had just eaten.
5. Where had she gone?
6. We were too late. The train had left.

As far I know there should be two incidents in the past to use Past Perfect Tense.

Note: Those sentences are collected from an educational website.
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past-perfect.htm

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: I hadn't finished my meal

If I want to use the past perfect tense, are my sentences grammatically correct?

Sentences -

1. I hadn't finished my meal.
2. Anthony hadn't had a day off for months.
3. They had not eaten for five hours.
4. I had just eaten.
5. Where had she gone?
6. We were too late. The train had left.

As far I know, there should be two incidents in the past to use the past perfect tense.

Note: Those sentences [STRIKE]are collected[/STRIKE] were taken from an educational website.
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past-perfect.htm

All those sentences are grammatically correct. Whether the choice of the past perfect is appropriate is impossible to tell without further context and the surrounding sentences. The only exception to that is #6 - the past perfect is the only possible tense in the second sentence.

Note my corrections in the quote box. Don't capitalise the names of tenses.

 

[Tdol]

Re: I hadn't finished my meal

#4, for instance, requires greater context. It is grammatically correct, but why are you using the past perfect?

 

[Rover_KE]

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'