Learn about Past Perfect Tense

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Introduce
Past perfect tense expresses activities or actions which began in the past and it finished before the other activities in the past.

Pattern: S +  had/had not + V₃   (Past Participle)

- Before + Simple Past + Past Perfect

example: Before she went to the cinema, Mary had done her homework.

- Past Perfect + Before + Past Simple

example: Mary had done her homework before she went to cinema.

- After + Past Perfect + Past Tense

example: After Mary had finished her homework, she went to the cinema.

- As Soon As + Past Perfect + Past Tense

example: As soon as he had left my room, I turned on the radio.

- When + Past Perfect + Past Tense

When they had eaten, their mother came.

Conditional if Type III
example: If I had taken a computer course, it would have been easier for me to get a job
(meaning: I didn't take a computer course)

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Note:
If
- Type I, If + S + V₁ -> S + Will
- Type II, If + S + V₂ -> S + Would
- Type III, If + S + Had + V₃ -> S + Would have