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.