Past Perfect Tense

Past perfect tense refers to an action that leads up to another in the past. The more contemporary past event is expressed in the simple past, and the earlier past event is expressed in the past perfect.

Examples of Past Perfect Tense Sentences

• John had lived in Europe, before he moved to Australia.

• He had visited his sister before he went for the study in the USA.

• The merchant had closed his shop.

• I had left the house before it rained.

• Her father scolded her because she had failed in the examination

• She had met him before the party.

• I had practiced the songs before the program started.

• The plane had left by the time I got to the airport.

• You had shopped in that market before you came home.

• I had written the email before he apologized.

• We had watched a movie in that Cineplex before he came.

• Kate had wanted to see the movie, but she did not have money for the ticket.

• We had shopped in that shop before we came home.

• She stayed up all night because she had received bad news.

• I came here after you had left.

• They lost many of the games because they had not practiced enough.

• He had studied in the library before he came to the class.

• Anthony had met Ryan before you introduced him to us at the party.

• She had gone to the coffee shop before she came home.

• You had studied Italian before you moved to Rome.

• They had played football in that field before it started to rain.

• She had established her company before 2008.

• He had read different kinds of books before you came.

• He had never played football until last week.

• I had written articles on various topics before he came.

• They had gotten engaged before last year.

• I had listened to melodious songs before I started the work.

• If we had called ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table.

• He had traveled around the world before he came to Canada.

• I had fallen asleep before eight o’clock.

• They had played hockey in that field before it started to rain.

• She had visited several doctors before she found out what the problem was with her hand.

• The poet had written a romantic poem before he came to the program.

• The teacher asked if we had studied for the exam.

• The lyricist had come to the program before the minister came.

• We had just called home when my mom texted us about returning the car.

• Had you come to the program before I came?

• The usher asked if we had purchased our tickets.

• I had not watched the cricket match on television before you came.

• The cat had chased the bird before it flew out of the yard.

• He had not practiced the song before he sang it in the program.

• My neighbor asked if we had seen her dog.

• I helped him to do the task after I had finished my work.

• She had lived in California before moving to Texas.

• We had taken an ice-cream before we left the ice-cream parlor.

• The boss had said it would be a long meeting.

• We had played video games.

• Before he did his homework, he had stayed after school for help.

• He had beaten chess easily.

• We wished we had purchased the winning ticket.

• Harry had become a successful marker.

• If I had seen him, I would have told him the news.

• They had cut the tree last week.

• I wished I had told the truth.

• She had drawn a good painting.

• I had been to Mexico once before.

• He had eaten all the snacks.

• She wished she had seen her friend.

• John had found a new job.

• I did not have any cash because I had lost my purse.

• My dad had gone to California.

• The boy wished he had asked another question.

• I had known, how to solve all the problems.

• He understood the math test because he had been tutored all week.

• She had hurt me when I was a child.

• She had just left the scene when the ambulance arrived.

• They had felt on a playground.

• She had never been to the symphony before last night.

• I had driven a car yesterday.

• He had just put the dog on the leash when we got there.

• I had told all the information.

• We were not able to stay overnight at the hotel since we had not reserved a room in advance.

• We had bought new clothes.

• The bus had just left when we got to the stop.

• They had won a cricket match.

• I had never seen such a beautiful sunset before I went to the island.

• She had watched a horror movie.

• They had been painting the bedroom.

• Aleena had made an ice cream cake.

• I had been working there for a year.

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