Form, Meaning and Function
Past Perfect
Use the past perfect tense (had + past participle*) to indicate an action that happened before another action in the past.
Some time expressions that are used with the past perfect are: after, already, before, by the time, ever, never, until.
By the time we got to the airport, our flight had already left.
After she had gone to the hotel, Amal exchanged some money.
Had you ever eaten sushi before you traveled to Japan?
No, I’d never tasted sushi until I visited Japan.
He’d had the car for ten years before he sold it.
Note: The contraction of had is ’d: I’d, you’d, he’d, she’d, we’d, they’d.
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