Beyond the Past: Understanding the Past Perfect Tense | Jami ...
jamigold.com › 2020 › 04Apr 09, 2020 · Note the usage definition of the past perfect tense: To indicated a completed action of the past that happened before another event took place. In other words, when our story is in past tense, we use the past perfect tense to indicate a completed action of the past (i.e., before the story’s current events take place): She had eaten all the snacks in the house already. The past perfect tense tells us the event of her eating the snacks was done and completed in the past.