[Tip] Past Perfect

* Use the past perfect [ had + the past participle of the verb ] to talk about an action that was finished before another action in the past.

Examples

He had had that car for ten years before it broke down.

They felt bad about moving out because they had lived there for more than forty years. Quiz - Past perfect: http://english-quiz.net/past-perfect-tense-quiz.html

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