Past Perfect Tense

Why do we use Past Perfect Tense?​

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•It is used for the past action that is already finished when another past action happened.

•After the film had started, we arrived.

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•For the past action that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past.​

•I had never seen him for five days.

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•For unreal or imaginary things and wishes in the past such as regrets.​

•I wish we hadnt eaten so much.

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•In reported speech​

•She said she had swum.

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•To describe cause and effect​

•I was late because there had been an accident.​

When I arrived​, she had left.

Past Perfect Tense

When I arrived, she left.​

Past Simple​

Past Perfect Tense and 'Just'​

​Past Perfect+ Just

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Just is used to ​refer to an event that took place a little earlier than now.

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The train had just left when I arrived at the station.​

Some text here about the topic of discussion

​I had met Tom before the party.

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Subject+had+not+V3

​I hadn't met Tom before the party.

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Had I met Tom before the party?​