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Hongmta Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect

i don't understand how to use correct this tens
  

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THe Past perfect simple is had + past participle. I/we/they/you/he/she/it had (=I'd/ he'd etc) gone/seen/finished. etc.

  • THe Past perfect simple is had + past participle.
  • I/we/they/you/he/she/it had (=I'd/ he'd etc) gone/seen/finished.
  • etc.
  • Have done is present perfect/ had done is past perfect.
  • Hope that helps.
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THe Past perfect simple is had + past participle.

I/we/they/you/he/she/it had (=I'd/ he'd etc) gone/seen/finished. etc.

Have done is present perfect/ had done is past perfect.

Hope that helps.
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Hi,



Broadly speaking, the Past Perfect shows that an action happened before some point in the past.



Consider these two small examples.

Tom came home from work. Mary cooked dinner. This suggests that the cooking happened after Tom came home.



Tom came home from work. Mary had cooked dinner. This means that

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