Past Perfect Tense (Noun)
Meaning
A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect".
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The teacher explained the past perfect tense to the students, using examples from their favorite books.
- The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past.
- By the time I arrived, they had already eaten dinner, illustrating the use of the past perfect tense.
- The past perfect tense is often used in formal writing, such as in academic papers and historical accounts.
- The sentence "I had studied English before I moved to the United States" is an example of the past perfect tense.