UNIT I -- PAST PERFECT

 

PAST PERFECT

The past perfect is used to refer to an action that happened in the past before another. In this case, the first action is conjugated in the past perfect, while the second, the most recent, in the past simple. For instance:

-I had watched the movie before i read the book

The past perfect is used to refer to an action that happened in the past before another. In this case, the first action is conjugated in the past perfect, while the second, the most recent, in the past simple. For example:

-I had watched the movie before I read the book

It is used to talk about an action that happened before a specific time in the past. For example:

-I had fallen asleep when the clock rang at 11 PM

It is used to talk about actions that started in the past and continued until a certain time in the past. For example:

-I had been happy in all my jobs until I got this one

It is useful for indirect reporting in order to reuse what a person said when they spoke in the present perfect. For example:

-I have started a new degree →She said she had started a new degree 

In some situations, it can be used in conditional sentences. For example:

-If you had told me before, I would have helped you