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I had eaten my

I had eaten my

breakfast before I

breakfast before I

went to school

went to school

How do we use the Past

How do we use the Past

Perfect Tense

Perfect Tense

?

?

The past perfect

The past perfect

tense expresses

tense expresses

action in the

action in the past

past before another

before another

action in the

action in the

past

past

. This is the . This is the

past

past

in the past

in the past

.

.

EXAMPLE :

EXAMPLE :

The train left at 9am. We arrived at

The train left at 9am. We arrived at

9.15am. When we arrived, the train

9.15am. When we arrived, the train

had left

had left .

.

The Past Perfect

The Past Perfect

The Titanic had received many warnings before it

hit the iceberg.

I had already eaten when my friend stopped by to

visit.

had received

had eaten

it hit

my friend stopped by

Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense

He came to my house.

He came to my house.

Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Chapter 11

I had already left.

I had already left.

He came to my house

He came to my house

after

after

I

I

had

had

already

already

left

left

.

.

Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

Chapter 11

He came to my house

He came to my house

after

after

I had already left.

I had already left.

This action

This action

takes place

takes place

farther back

farther back

in the pas

in the pas

Look at this

Look at this

example

example

.

.

he made a telephone call

he made a telephone call .

.

After he had taken

his music lesson,

ad Ali done before

ad Ali done before

he went fishing

he went fishing

before he went fishing

before he went fishing .

.

Ali had repaired

his car

The key words

The key words

of this tense

of this tense

are

are

before

By the time

{past simple}+ Had+PP

Make similar sentences using after and before****.

Finish work-watch TV

After I had finished

work , I watched TV

Before I watched TV , I

had finished my work.

Make similar sentences using by the time and as

soon as

Police arrive-thief escape

By the time the police arrived,

the thief had escaped.

As soon as the thief had

escaped , the police arrived.

So it is correct to say

So it is correct to say

:

:

After he had finished the

After he had finished the

meeting , he made a

meeting , he made a

telephone call

telephone call .

.

Before he made a telephone

call , he had finished the

meeting.