Grade 8 Grammar Lesson 10 The past perfect tense

What is the structure of past perfect tense?
When do we use the past perfect tense?
What is the difference between past perfect tense and the present perfect tense?
What is the difference between the past perfect tense and the simple past tense?

Grade 8 Grammar Lesson 10 The past perfect tense (0)

The past perfect tense is had + the past participle.

We use this tense to talk about things that happened before a certain point of time in the past.

The past perfect is the past equivalent of present perfect.

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