Level: intermediate. The past perfect is made from the verb had and the past participle of a verb:. I had finished the work. She had gone.. The past perfect continuous is made from had been and the -ing form of a verb:. I had been working there for a year. They had been painting the bedroom.. The past perfect is used in the same way as the present perfect, but it refers to a time in the past.. We use the past perfect with the past simple when we talk about two actions or events in the past. We always use the past perfect for the action that happened first. We can link the two actions using a time expression. after. We use after + past perfect to talk about an action that happened before something else.
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We use the past perfect to talk about an action or an event that happened before something else in the past. We arrived too late. The train had just left the station. (The train left the station first, and then we arrived.) We also use the past perfect to talk about an action or event that happened before a particular time in the past.. It was total luck that he (decide) to give me the apartment. It turns out that the landlord and my father (go) to high school together. He decided that I could have the apartment before he (look) at my credit report. I really lucked out! Check. Hint. Test yourself on the differences between simple past and past perfect.