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Hello.
Welcome to 6 Minute Grammar with me, Rob.
And me, Catherine.
Hello.
Today we're talking about the past perfect tense.
Yes, the past perfect.
When we want to talk about two things that happened at different times in the past,
we can use the past perfect tense.
And that's a subject with had plus the past participle.
And here's Harry with our first example.
Mary rang John's doorbell at 8.15 yesterday, but John had gone to work.
And let's hear that again.
Mary rang John's doorbell at 8.15 yesterday, but John had gone to work.
Thanks, Harry.
Now, we could put these two events in the past simple tense, something like this.
John went to work, then Mary rang John's doorbell.
And once again, Harry?
John went to work, then Mary rang John's doorbell.