Past Perfect

Past Perfect Tense


Past Perfect is used:
  • For a past actions which happened before another past action or before a stated past time

She had already left when i got home.



  • For a complete action 
She had cleaned the house by 6 o'clock.
  • As the past equivalent of Present Perfect

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