Using the Past Perfect Tense
www.perfect-english-grammar.com › past-perfect-use1: A finished action before a second point in the past. When we arrived, the film had started (= first the film started, then we arrived). We usually use the past perfect to make it clear which action happened first. Maybe we are already talking about something in the past and we want to mention something else that is further back in time.
How to Use Past Perfect Tense: Rules and Examples - TCK ...
www.tckpublishing.com › past-perfect-tenseThe past perfect tense is formed by using the past tense of “has / have,” which is “had” + the past participle of the verb. For example: I + had + seen (past participle of see) He + had + spoken (past participle of speak) She + had + been (past participle of be) You can use the past perfect tense in the following cases: 1. To describe an event that finished before another event occurred. Note that the event needs to have finished before the second past event. If the first event was ...