Note: the past perfect tense is also called the pluperfect.
Positive statements
| Singular | Plural |
| 1st person | I had eaten .. | we had eaten .. |
| 2nd person | you had eaten .. | you had eaten .. |
| 3rd person | he/she/it had eaten .. | they had eaten .. |
Negative statements
| Singular | Plural |
| 1st person | I hadn't eaten .. | we hadn't eaten .. |
| 2nd person | you hadn't eaten .. | you hadn't eaten .. |
| 3rd person | he/she/it hadn't eaten .. | they hadn't eaten .. |
Questions
| Singular | Plural |
| 1st person | had I eaten .. ? | had we eaten .. ? |
| 2nd person | had you eaten .. ? | had you eaten .. ? |
| 3rd person | had he/she/it eaten .. ? | had they eaten .. ? |
Note that the third form of the verb is used in all forms of the past perfect.
Back to the explanation of the uses of the past perfect.