The past perfect simple
Past Perfect Tense indicates a past action which is completed before another past action.
In this lesson we look at the structure and use of the Past Perfect tense, followed by a quiz to check your understanding.
Look at the examples below:
- she was'nt hungry because she had eaten dinner.
- I hadn't put sun cream on so I got burnt.
- Had you studied English before you went to london.
1- Form of the past perfect simple
2- When to use the past perfect simple
* The past perfect simple is had + past partisiple ( gone/seen/finished...etc.)
Sometimes we talk about something that happened in the past :
- Jone arrived at the party.
This is the starting point of the story. Then if we want to talk about things that happened before this time, we use the past perfect ( had...).
- When Jone arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home.
For example:The train left at 9am. We arrived at 9:15am. When we arrived, the train had left.
