Past Perfect

Past Perfect

Form of Past Perfect

• P: He had spoken.

• N: He had not spoken.

• Q: Had he spoken?

Use of Past Perfect

Past Perfect Simple is used for actions taking place before a certain time in the past. Examples:

I had typed five pages when my computer suddenly crashed. Before 2002, I had not worked abroad.

Signal Words of Past Perfect

already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day, If Clause Type III (If I had talked, ...)