The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in
the past.
STRUCTURE
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PRACTICE...
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) .
He (not / be) to
Cape Town before 1997.
When she went out to play, she (do / already) her
homework.
My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make) .
The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) six
weeks before.
The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) .
I could not remember the poem we (learn) the
week before.
The children collected the chestnuts that (fall) from
the tree.
(he / phone) Angie
before he went to see her in London?