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This tense is usually used in a sentence which also contains the past tense. These two tenses are used together to mean that one action occurred before another action in a sentence.

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• He had already eaten breakfast by the time we arrived

• simple past

• He has eaten breakfast at 7:30 for several years.

• He ate breakfast.

• past perfect

Sometimes this word is used as a time marker to show that one action occurs before another in a sentence.

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• He ate breakfast until went to work.

• conjunction

• As he was eating his breakfast, the phone rang.

• He ate breakfast and went to work.

• used to

This tense usually means that the time of the action in a sentence began in the past and is still continuing or is still important in the present.

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• present perfect tense

• simple past

• He has eaten breakfast at 7:30 for several years.

• He ate breakfast.

• He is eating.

This verb form usually means that the action of the sentence occurred in the past and no longer occurs in the present.

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• He had already eaten breakfast by the time we arrived. He ate breakfast.

• used to

• simple past

• past perfect

• He used to eat breakfast at 8:00.

This tense usually means that the time of the action in a sentence began and ended in the past.

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• present perfect tense

• simple past

• present continuous tense

• He ate breakfast.

• He is eating.

Many of these are used to show that one action happens before another in a sentence.

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• after; as soon as; while; once; until

• while; as

• until; before; after; once; as soon as

• Once he finishes his breakfast, he will go to work.

• While he was eating his breakfast, the phone rang.

This tense usually means that the time of the action in a sentence is: (A) happening right now, or (B) going to happen in the future.

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• present perfect tense

• He is eating at the country club tomorrow night.

• present continuous tense

• He has eaten breakfast

• He is eating.

Another set of these are used to show that two actions in a sentence happen at the same time.

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• after; as soon as; while; once; until

• Once he finishes his breakfast, he will go to work.

• As he was eating his breakfast, the phone rang.

• while; as

• While he was eating his breakfast, the phone rang.

This tense usually means that the time of the action in a sentence is habitual or repeated.

Choose the tense and the example(s).

• present tense

• He eats breakfast at 7:30

• present continuous tense

• He has eaten breakfast

• He has eaten breakfast at 7:30 for several years.