Showing posts with label past Perfect tense. Show all posts
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Monday, September 1, 2008

Past Perfect Tense

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The Past Perfect is used to refer to actions which took place before a specific time in the past.

ex : Yesterday, between 4 pm and 6 pm, Paul played a game of tennis with a friend.

His mother arrived at 6 pm. When his mother arrived, Paul had finished the game.


◊ The Past Perfect Continuous (had been playing) is used to refer to a past continuous action.

ex : Before his mother arrived, Paul had been playing tennis with a friend.

from: Learn English Today