When is the simple past perfect verb tense used?
The simple past perfect verb tense is used: • to state “how many” • to clarify the order of two past non-continuous events • to state a past action was completed before an other action • interchangeably with the past perfect continuous verb tense • with the exact time or an unexpected time can be stated (unlike when using the simple present prefect verb tense) The simple past perfect verb tense is used to to clarify the order of two past actions. The first action uses the simple past perfect verb tense The second action uses that past simple verb tense. Examples: • I wasn’t hungry when I came home from school. I had eaten on my way home from school. • We had already left for school, when I found out that the my English class was cancelled. The simple past perfect verb tense be used to state an action that occurred in the past was completed, before a 2nd action in the past started. • I was very tired when my friends came to pick me up. I had worked all day. • We slept only a few hours,
