Past Perfect Tense

Form

Positive	Subject + had + Past Participle She had done her homework when I came.
Negative	Subject + had + not + Past Participle Had not = hadn’t She hadn’t done her homework when I came.
Question	Had + Subject + Past Participle? Had she done her homework when you came?

Usages

The past perfect and present perfect are used in the same way. However, the past perfect refers to a time in the past, while the present perfect refers to a time in the present.

to talk about something started in the past and still continued to a given time in the past

I had learned English for 10 years.

to talk about something happened before another action in the past

My mom had come home before it rained.

Signal words:

Already, just, never, ever

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