Past Perfect

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What is the Past Perfect tense?

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

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How do you form the Past Perfect tense?

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The Past Perfect tense is formed using 'had' + the past participle of the verb.

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What is the past participle of 'talk'?

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The past participle of 'talk' is 'talked'.

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What is the past participle of 'dance'?

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The past participle of 'dance' is 'danced'.

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What is the past participle of 'steal'?

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The past participle of 'steal' is 'stolen'.

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What is the past participle of 'die'?

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The past participle of 'die' is 'died'.

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In the sentence 'He had talked to you', what does 'had' indicate?

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'Had' indicates that the action of talking was completed before another past action.

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When do we use the Past Perfect tense?

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We use the Past Perfect tense to show that one action happened before another action in the past.

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Convert 'I dance' to Past Perfect.

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I had danced.

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Convert 'They steal the car' to Past Perfect.

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They had stolen the car.