Past Perfect Flashcards

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Use - Past Perfect

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  • past action which occurred before another past action or before a specific time in the past
  • complete past action which had visible results in the past.
  • the Past Perfect is the past equivalent of the Present Perfect
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Form - Past Perfect

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had + past participle*

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Example - Past Perfect

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He had left by the time I got there

She was sad because she had failed the test

He couldn’t find his watch. He had lost it.

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