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    Past Perfect: They Had Already Reserved The Table When They Went To The Restaurant. (They Made A

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    PAST PERFECT

    *It is used for an action which happened before another past action or before a stated time in
    the past.
    They had already reserved the table when they went to the restaurant. (They made a
    reservation first and then they went to the restaurant)
    They had already sat down for dinner by 8 pm.
    We can use the PAST PERFECT or the PAST SIMPLE with before or after without any
    difference in meaning.
    She left after she had finished her work. OR
    She left after she finished her work.
    The past perfect is used with the following time expressions: BEFORE, AFTER, ALREADY,
    FOR, SINCE, JUST, TILL/UNTIL, WHEN, BY, BY THE TIME, NEVER, etc.

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