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Lesson 44: Past Perfect Simple

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Grammar rules

Grammar Focus: Past Perfect Simple

The Past Perfect Simple talks about an action that happened before another past action or a specific past time. Form: had + past participle (V3).

  • Action before another past action: These creatures had appeared in folklore long before anyone had written them down.
  • Action before a specific past time: By the 20th century, belief in fairies had started to fade.

Time words: before, after, by the time, when, already, just, never.

Grammar Exercises
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When I ___ at the station, the train ___.

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