PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

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Use of Past Perfect

  • action taking place before a certain time in the past
    (putting emphasis only on the fact, not the duration)
    Example: Before I came here, I had spoken to Jack.
  • Conditional Sentences Type III (condition that was not given in the past)
    Example: If I had seen him, I would have talked to him.

Signal Words

  • already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day (with reference to the past, not the present)
  • If-Satz Typ III (If I had talked, …)

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