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The past perfect is often used with the following words and phrases:,…
The past perfect is often used with the following
words and phrases:
BY: I’d finished my homework by eight o’clock.
BY THE TIME: By the time I got to class, the lesson had
started.
BEFORE: The teacher had checked the answers before
the lesson.
AFTER: I left after I’d finished the test.
JUST: Simon had just finished the test when the bell rang.
ALREADY: The concert had already started when we
arrived.
TIME EXPRESSIONS
YESTERDAY
LAST WEEK/SUMMER/YEAR
IN JANUARY/2001
AN HOUR/A WEEK/A YEAR AGO
TIME EXPRESSIONS
AT THAT MOMENT
AT ONE/TWO/etc O’CLOCK
WHILE
PAST TENSES
PAST SIMPLE
completed actions
repeated actions in the past
main events in a story
general truths about the past
PAST CONTINUOUS
actions happening at a specific time in the past
an action which was in progress when another action took place
background information in a story
two or more actions in progress at the same time