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Past perfect: form

Past perfect: form

Structure:

had + past participle

Example:

She had already left when I arrived.

Examples

She had already left when I arrived.

Used in Articles

VC horror stories shared by founders, with some naming names

Key phrase: “He claimed that a Sequoia partner had passed on Cloudflare because he didn't believe a woman could lead a security infrastructure company.”

Untitled

Key phrase: “Paradoxically, such behaviour does not preclude investment; indeed, several founders reported receiving term sheets from the very investors who had slumbered through their presentations.”

Practice

Question 1 of 20 correct

Which grammar pattern does this sentence use? "She had already left when I arrived."

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