The past perfect is another tense that is rarely used in everyday English. The past perfect is used to talk about past events up to a specific point in time. We also use the past perfect to explain the order of the events in the past.
The exhibition had visited London before it came to Edinburgh.
Form: had + past participle
- I had visited London before I came here.
- You hadn't been to Wales before.
- Had she visited Belfast before she came to Edinburgh?
- Had he made curry before?
- We had watched the film before we came out.
- Had you visited Edinburgh before?
- They hadn't tired haggis before the came to Scotland.
Watch the video for a short explanation of the past perfect tense.
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