PAST PERFECT
Sarah went to a party last week. Paul went to the party too, but they didn´t see each other.
Paul went home at 10: 30 and Sarah arrived at 11: 00 o´clock. So...
When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul wasn´t there. He had gone home.
HAD GONE is the past perfect.
Sarah went to a party last week. Paul went to the party too, but they didn´t see each other.
Paul went home at 10: 30 and Sarah arrived at 11: 00 o´clock. So...
When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul wasn´t there. He had gone home.
HAD GONE is the past perfect.
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The past perfect simple is HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE
Sometimes we talk about something that happenen in the past:
Sarah arrived at the party .
This is the starting point of the story. Then, if we want to talk about things that happened before this time, we use the past perfect.
* When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home.
* Karen didn´t want to come to the cinema with us because she had already seen the film.
HAD DONE is the past of HAVE DONE .
Compare the past perfect (I had done) and the past simple ( I did).
Ann wasn´t at home when I phoned. She was in London
Ann had just got home when I phoned. She had been in London.
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