1) Together with the Simple Past
When two past actions are combined - the first action, which was completed before the second one began, is put into Past Perfect.
Mary had read the book before she watched a film.
After Amy had gone home it started to rain.
2) the past equivalent of the Present Perfect
He had played hockey.
Besonderheiten
Present Perfect | Past Perfect |
The bike is new. I've bought it. | The bike was new. I had bought it. |
Past Perfect - Simple Past | Simple Past - Simple Past |
The match had started before he arrived. | The match started when he arrived. |
Hmm...so you are blogging about tenses.well this is providential.you are doing good job,it's really helpful for the people with weak language like me may be..haha:) just kidding.any way thanks for sharing
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