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By the time I was about 14, finally I'd learnt to make most of the things I enjoyed.
Previously I'd helped out making apple pie and making cakes,
but I hadn't learnt how to cook anything properly.
Hello and welcome to Learning English Grammar.
I'm Beth.
And I'm Neil.
We've just heard Pippa and Phil talking about when they learned to cook.
They used the past perfect tense, and that's what we're going to look at today.
But not just that, Neil.
They also used adverbs like finally, previously and properly.
We'll learn how to use adverbs with the past perfect.
You can read along with this podcast using the transcript on our website, bbclertingenglish.com.