Past perfect tense: Master the Past Perfect

Master the Past Perfect Tense with had + past participle, clear examples, rules, and common uses. Learn it fast for better grammar. Master the Past Perfect Tense with definition, structure, and examples. Learn how to express completed actions before a specific past time! The past perfect is used in the same way as the present perfect, but it refers to a time in the past, not the present. We use the past perfect : for something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past: When George died, he and Anne had been married for nearly fifty years. She didn't want to move.