Past Perfect Simple
| Description: |
| An action in the past happened before an another action in the past. Past Perfect Simple is often combined with Past Simple. |
| Signal Words: |
| before , when , until that time, after |
| Positive: had + 3rd verb form |
| He had never seen any elefants before his last journey to India. We had done our homework in the school before we went home. I had slept enough before the timer rang. |
| Negative: hadn't + 3rd verb form |
| I was really tired yesterday because I hadn't slept very well before. She said, she hadn't ever seen Star Wars. I already hadn't worn my glasses so I didn't see anything. |
| Question: had + 3rd verb form |
| What had happened before they went to the restaurant? Where had he been until yesterday? What if you had hurt yourself? It was really careless of you! |