The Perfect Past

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One more Verb Tense comes our way: The Past Perfect (Simple)

We use it to answer Questions like this:

What had happened before 9 o'clock?

What did you do after I had warned you?

What had happened by the time the police got to the scene of the crime?

Common Uses:

- We need to be referring to the PAST and then mention something previous

- In Reported Speech it replaces the Present Perfect and the Simple Past

- Regrets about the Past after I wish /If only

Learn about it on this Presentation, on Englisch Hilfen or on Learn English BC

Review and practice on these previous entries: 1, 2, 3

including this useful presentation:

Past Perfect- Thanks to David Mainwood

New Practice (Past P. Form): 1, 2, 3, 4, more

Past Perfect or Simple Past?:

Learn with Practice + Exercises 1, 2, 3 (with Rewriting)

Reading: Edison and Listening: Bill Gates

Finally, The Minions want to help you with this Tense

Pay attention to the use of BEFORE ("ANTES DE QUE")

and AFTER ("DESPUÉS DE QUE"):

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