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Past Perfect. h ad + past participle. Past Perfect = had + past participle. Use: very RARE – Americans avoid it Two past actions – past perfect indicates which one is further in the past (occurred before the second action)
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Past Perfect had + past participle
Past Perfect = had + past participle Use: very RARE – Americans avoid it Two past actions – past perfect indicates which one is further in the past (occurred before the second action) Ex: By the time the firemen arrived, the house had already burned down. Also, past perfect indicates an action which occurred before a point in time: Ex: By 10:00pm, we had finished our game.