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past perfect tense
past perfect tenseThe past perfect tense 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.To form the past perfect tense, we use had (the past tense of the auxiliary verb have) + the past participle of the main verb. Because we use the past perfect to highlight two separate points in the past, we often use the conjunctions before, when, because, until, or by the time to specify the order in which they occurred in time.Continue reading...Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | past perfect tense - a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"past perfect, pluperfect, pluperfect tenseperfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense - a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) |
past perfect tense
Related to past perfect tense: past participle, present perfect tense, future perfect tenseSynonyms for past perfect tensenoun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the pastSynonyms- past perfect
- pluperfect
- pluperfect tense
Related Words- perfect
- perfect tense
- perfective
- perfective tense
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