GRAMMAR REVIEW: THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
WHAT IT IS
The past perfect (sometimes referred to as the pluperfect) is a verb tense used to show that one action happened before another action in the past.
HOW IT'S FORMED
had + past participle
Examples of past participles: done, gone, seen, eaten, written
WHEN TO USE IT
A. To show the earlier of two past events
She had left before he arrived.
B. To explain reasons in the past
I was tired because I had worked all day.
C. In reported speech
He said that he had finished the project.
D. With time expressions
Common markers: before, after, by the time, already, never, just
By the time we got to the theater, the movie had started.
SOME OTHER USEFUL EXERCISES YOU SHOULD TRY:
Present Perfect Continuous 1 (I)
Present Perfect Continuous 2 (B)
Future perfect 1 (B/I)
Future perfect 2 (I)
Simple Past/Present Perfect? 1 (I)
Simple Past/Present Perfect? 2 (I)
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