Past Perfect Simple

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The Past Perfect Simple is used for something that happened before something else in the past, for the thing that happen first, for the thing that happened later.

          I. FORM
          Positive 
Subject + had + Past Participle + ...
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I / We / You / They / He / She / It had gone.
          Negative 
Subject + had + not + Past Participle + ...
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I / We / You / They / He / She / It had not gone.
          Question
Had + Subject + Past Participle + ...?
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Had I / we / you / they / he / she / it gone?

          II. USE
          1. For something that happened before something else in the past.
          ** We use the Past Perfect for the thing that happen first; we use the Past Simple for the thing that happened later.

          Look at this example :

                    - Jane had gone home when I phoned her at the office.

Past Perfect Simple



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