Past Perfect – die Vorvergangenheit
Das Past Perfect zeigt, dass etwas vor einem anderen Ereignis in der Vergangenheit passiert ist – wie das deutsche Plusquamperfekt.
- When we arrived, the film had already started.
- She had never seen the sea before she moved to Kiel.
- After he had finished his homework, he went out.
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had + past participle – für alle Personen gleich.
Signalwörter: after, before, already, by the time, until, never … before
Wichtig auch in der indirekten Rede und bei If-Clauses Typ 3.