Past Perfect - Signal words

Past Perfect

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Past Perfect - Signal words

There are no unambiguous "signal words" in the Past Perfect. We often use the Past Perfect together with the Simple Past. Watch out when two actions in the past are combined:

first action (completed before the second one began): Past Perfect
second action: Simple Past

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