過去完成時的構成是have的過去時had作為助動詞，其后接普通動詞的過去分詞。例如：

Until lat March, Andy had played in every game. 到去年３月，安迪參加了所有的比賽。

We had won all our games before that.在那之前我們嬴了所有的比賽。

It was the first game that we had lost all year. 這是一年中我們輸的第一場比賽。

過去完成時中沒有根據人稱而變化的情況：

I/you/he/she/it/we/thety had plyed.

規則動詞的過去分詞和它的過去式同形：

play-played-played         work-worked-worked      wash-washed-washed      arrive-arrived-arrived

不規則動詞中也有過去分詞和它的過去式相同的情況：

win-won-won     sleep-slept-slept      find-found-dound

但是，多數不規則動詞的過去分詞和過去式的形式是有些不同的：

see-saw-seen       do-did-dodne       swim-swam-swum

 

使用勃勃悍提出疑問的時候，主語和助動詞的位置互相調換。如：

Had he played golf before that?在那之前他打高爾夫球了嗎？

 

過去完成時的否定句是在had 的后面、普通動詞的前面加入not來表示：

I had not met him then.那時我還沒有見過他。

She had not arrived when I left.我離開的時候，她還沒有到。

 

口語中人們經常使用過去完成時的縮寫形式：

I had worked"I’d worked      You had won"You’d won         They had finished"They’d finished

在否定句的情況下有兩種寫方法：

I had not finished"I hadn’t finished

                I’d not finished

You had not won"You hadn’t won

                You’d not won