Past Perfect

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Question: What had she already done when you arrived?

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The "Past Perfect" tense is used to talk about actions that were completed before another action or point in the past.

Structure: Subject + had + past participle

  • I had talked to my friend before she left.
  • She had gone to the store before it closed.

It shows the sequence of past events - what happened first.

  • She had already eaten breakfast before I woke up.
  • By the time we arrived, the movie had already started.
  • They had finished the project before the deadline.
  • He had never traveled by train before.
  • They had just left when we arrived at their house.
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