past perfect

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Past Perfects

Past perfect simple & continuous

Past Perfect

Simple

Continuous

Past Now

Past Now

How to form

Simple:

had + verb+ed

OR

had + irregular verb 3rd row (past participle)

Continuous:

had been + verb+ing

Examples

Right after he had shouted to me, he ran away.

Before they went to the city, they had finished the game. 

I planned to go on holiday, when I had heard about the cheap ticket prices.

As soon as we had finished our drinks, we went to school.

You were surprised, because you had never seen anything like this.

Examples

Right after he had been shouting to me, he ran away.

Before they went to the city, they had finished the game. 

I planned to go on holiday, when I had heard about the cheap ticket prices.

As soon as we had finished our drinks, we went to school.

You were surprised, because you had never seen anything like this.