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4.8.6 Past Perfect
How to use?
| In the past | Earlier in the past | |
| Rule | Simple Past | HAD + the third form |
| Talking about what happened | I looked into the room | but by the time he had left. |
| Talking about what didn't happen | I saw | that he hadn't cleaned his room. |
| Asking about it | Before Sarah left the house | had she given food to the cat? |
I heard that he had been ill. Now he is fine.
