PAST PERFECT
Use
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Keywords
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When
After
Before
By The Time
As soon as
Is used to show that something happened before another action in the past/the order of two past events. It can also be used to show that something happened before a specific time in the past.
Form
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Positive
Negative
Interrogative
Answer
I/you/we/he/she/it + had +-ed/3rd column
I/you/we/he/she/it + had + -ed/3rd column
Had + I/you/we/he/she/it + -ed/3rd column + ?
Yes/No, + I/you/we/he/she/it + had/hadn’t
Examples
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After Toby had finished his work, he went to lunch
I didn't say anything until she had finished talking
Before I knew it, she had run out the door.
Karl had known about it for a while.