Past Perfect Tense English

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What is the Past Perfect Tense?

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The Past Perfect Tense is used to show that an action was completed before another action in the past.

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How do you form the Past Perfect Tense?

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You form the Past Perfect Tense by using 'had' + the past participle of the verb.

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What is the past participle of 'to eat'?

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The past participle of 'to eat' is 'eaten'.

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Fill in the blank: She _______ (to live) in China before she went to Thailand.

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had lived

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Fill in the blank: The storm destroyed the building that we _______ (to build) again.

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had built

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Fill in the blank: When I arrived at the cinema, the film _______ (to start).

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had started

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Fill in the blank: They _______ (to eat) so we went to a restaurant.

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had not eaten

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Fill in the blank: She _______ (to ride) a horse before that day.

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hadn't ridden

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What does 'had not eaten' mean?

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It means that the action of eating did not happen before a certain time in the past.

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Give an example of a sentence in Past Perfect Tense.

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I had finished my homework before dinner.