[Grammar] Had you taken?/Did you take?

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aashoo

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Hi,

I used a sentence " had you taken your lunch from back seat?" and the other person corrected me that its a wrong sentence. Should use "did you take ". Please confirm if i m wrong.
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Re: Please correct

Hi,
I used a sentence "had you taken your lunch from the back seat?" and [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] another person [STRIKE]corrected me that its a wrong sentence.[/STRIKE] said I should use "did you take". Please confirm if I'm wrong.
Thanks.
Hello aashoo, and welcome to the forum. :)
Without further context, the past simple appears ("did you take") to be the correct tense for the above. Did you have a reason for using the past perfect? Can you describe the context (the situation in which you used that sentence) for us please?
 

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Re: Please correct

Hi, aashoo [bless you], 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.'
 
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