PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

• Construcción:  ‘had’ + participio

When the police arrived, the car had gone.

When the police arrived, the car hadn’t gone.

When the police arrived, had the car gone? Yes, it had

                                                                              No, it hadn’t

• Usos:

- para describir una acción que sucedió antes que otra acción ( ésta va en pasado simple):

I got to the stadium at 7.45, and the game had started at 7.30.

• Time expressions:

already, by the time, after, before, until, never, just