B1Before another past time
NewUse the past perfect for an action that was already finished before another moment in the past.
subject+ had+ past participle+ by the time / before
- By the time we arrived, the film had started.
- I couldn't get in because I had lost my key.
- By the time I arrived, the shop closed.
- By the time I arrived, the shop had closed.
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When I got to the station, the train .
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When she opened the fridge, someone all the milk.
had drunk The drinking was before she opened it: past perfect.
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By the time I arrived, the shop closed.
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By the time the police came, the thief .
Had + past participle
NewThe form is had + past participle for every person. After had use the participle, not the past simple.
subject+ had+ past participle
- We had finished our dinner.
- He had never driven a car.
- She had went home.
- She had gone home.
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She had already to bed.
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She had went home early.
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She said she had the letter.
written The participle of write is written.
Negatives and questions
NewMake the negative with hadn't and the question by putting had before the subject.
Had / hadn't+ subject+ past participle
- I hadn't seen him before.
- Had you met her before the party?
- Did you had finished before he came?
- Had you finished before he came?
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I seen that film before, so I watched it.
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Had you finish your homework?
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you finished before the bell rang?
Already, never, just
NewPut already, never, ever and just between had and the past participle.
subject+ had+ already / never+ past participle
- She had already gone.
- I had never seen snow before that day.
- I had been never to London.
- I had never been to London.
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Had you been to Italy before that trip?
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We had yet eaten when they arrived.
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They left when we got there.
had already Already goes after had.
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I had finished when she called.
Past perfect or past simple
NewUse the past simple for events told in the order they happened. Use the past perfect only for an earlier event told after a later one.
past simple+ because / when+ past perfect
- I came home, had dinner and went to bed.
- I was angry because he had broken my phone.
- I had come home, had a shower and went to bed.
- I came home, had a shower and went to bed.
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She the door and walked in.
opened Events in order: past simple.
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She opened the door and had walked in.
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She opened the door and in.
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To talk about a different past, use if + past perfect and would have + past participle.
If+ subject+ had + participle+ would have + participle
- If I had known, I would have helped you.
- She would have passed if she had studied.
- If I would have known, I would have helped.
- If I had known, I would have helped.
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If it , we would have stayed home.
had rained The if-clause uses the past perfect.
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If I harder, I would have passed.
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If you had told me, I you.
would have helped The result uses would have + participle.