English Past Perfect Tense, Definition and Examples Past Perfect Tense When we construct a sentence in the past, we may want to talk about the events that happened in the past. In addition, it is possible to talk about our plans for the past. We need to use a different structure in the sentences in which we want to add such complex time meanings. In general, this structure is called past perfect tense. This tense structure makes us feel more free when talking about the past. In addition, this dense and complex structure is frequently used in novels. Past perfect