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Phucuong5415 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

When to use had in past tense?

What is the differences between
I cycled 100 km last week and I had cycled 100 km last week?
Would someone please tell why I could not use had cycled?

Thanks you
Sincerely
  

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Hi Phucuong; Welcome to English Forums. Your questions is about the past perfect tense. This tense is used when there are two times in the past, one earlier than the other.

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  • Hi Phucuong; Welcome to English Forums.
  • Your questions is about the past perfect tense.
  • This tense is used when there are two times in the past, one earlier than the other.
  • I cycled 100 km last week.
  • ) Before I moved to the city , I had regularly cycled 200 km per week.
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Hi Phucuong;

Welcome to English Forums.

Your questions is about the past perfect tense. This tense is used when there are two times in the past, one earlier than the other.

I cycled 100 km last week. (One time in the past = last week.)

Before I moved to the city , I had regularly cycled 200 km per week. I had to cycle longer distances when I
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Thank you, I kinda understand now ^.^
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phucuong5415Thank you, I kinda understand now ^.^
It is not simple, and it takes some practice.
Just look for examples of the past perfect in other people's writing and study those examples.

If you are confused, just post your questions here!
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phucuong5415differences
'had cycled' is the past perfect. Take a look at this post and follow the link there to another post. These may help you.



CJ
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