past perfect tense

Rule? We use past perfect when we want to explain about two actions, one happening before the other in the past.Had eaten----------------------------------------came1. She had eaten before you came.2.They had finished their work when Steve came to see me.3.When I got there, she had just finished her lunch.4.The train left after we had reached the station.5. As soon as I had recited the poem the people cheered him. : Rule? We use past perfect when we want to explain about two actions, one happening before the other in the past.Had eaten----------------------------------------came1. She had eaten before you came.2.They had finished their work when Steve came to see me.3.When I got there, she had just finished her lunch.4.The train left after we had reached the station.5. As soon as I had recited the poem the people cheered him. The Past Perfect Tense With two actions Notice the words before, when, after, As soon as, when with a comma.

Past Perfect continued : Past Perfect continued Now here are the tricks to learning it easily Notice the word before Usually the had comes before the word before. That’s a lot of before. You see the first action is always with the word had + v3 [past participle] So if you have a hard time learning the 1st action then remember the tricks. I had gone to sleep before you came. Noticed what happened? What if the word before comes first in the sentence? Before I had gone very far I found I lost my way. First I had gone somewhere then I found I was lost.

Past Perfect continued 2 : Past Perfect continued 2 Let us see the word after After the after comes the had. I came after you had left. Easy isn’t it. There are two ways to use when. Without comma in the sentence. The rain had stopped when she arrived. No comma then the had comes first before the when. When there is a comma in the sentence then the had comes after the comma. When I got there, she had just finished her lunch. As soon as he had recited the poem everyone cheered him. Here the had goes after the as soon as.