What is the past perfect

If you want to talk about two different tenses in the past where one tense is further back than the other, you have to use the past perfect.

But there are a few things you need to know before you can use it.

Creating a sentence

  • simple past
  • had + 3. form of the verb

Examples:

Before I did stunts, I had stretched myself.

Before they went in the shower, they had run for an hour.


Signal words

before, after

Example:

Before I went to bed, I had been in the bathroom.