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-====== Past perfect examples ======
+====== Past perfect ======
+===== Simple form =====
+==== Event in the past perfect before another past event ====
 The past perfect shows that an event in the past happened **before** another event in the past.
-===Example sentences===
-<note>(1) Lisa **couldn’t** pay. She **had forgotten** her purse. \\
+<WRAP box 70%>
-(2) When Peter **arrived**, Sue **had already left** the bar.</note>
+(1) Lisa **couldn’t** pay. She **had forgotten** her purse.
-{{past-perfect-illustration-01.jpg}}
+(2) When Peter **arrived**, Sue **had already left** the bar.
+</WRAP>
-▶ The past perfect is used to say that one past action followed another. The action in the past perfect happened earlier.
+{{past-perfect-illustration-01.jpg?nolink}}
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+<note tip>The past perfect is used to say that one past action followed another. The action in the past perfect happened earlier.</note>
+==== Past state [Zustand] before a past event====
-===Example sentences===
+<WRAP box 70%>
+(3) She **had known** him for years when he **told** her that he was gay.
-<note>(3) She **had known** him for years when he **told** her that he was gay.\\
+(4) When I **visited** John in the hospital, he **had been there** for three months.
-(4) When I **visited** John in the hospital, he **had been there** for three months.</note>
+</WRAP>
-{{past-perfect-illustration-02.jpg}}
+{{past-perfect-illustration-02.jpg?nolink}}
-▶ We can also use the past perfect to speak about a state (Zustand) that began before a point of time in the past and lasted up to that point of time.
+<note tip>We can also use the past perfect to speak about a state (Zustand) that began before a point of time in the past and lasted up to that point of time.</note>
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+==== Comparison: past perfect ⟷ past tense ====
-==== Comparison: past tense ⟷ past perfect ====
+=== Past perfect ===
-===Example sentence===
+<WRAP box 70%>
+(5) When Roy’s girlfriend **arrived** he **had cooked** the dinner.
-<note>(5) When Roy’s girlfriend **arrived** he **had cooked** the dinner.</note>
+</WRAP>
-{{past-perfect-illustration-03.jpg}}
+{{past-perfect-illustration-03.jpg?nolink}}
-▶ The dinner is ready when she arrives.
+The dinner is ready when she arrives.
-An event in the past perfect happened earlier than the events in the past tense.
+<note tip>An event in the past perfect happened earlier than the event in the past tense.</note>
-===Example sentence===
+=== Past tense ===
-<note>(6) When Roy’s girlfriend **arrived** he **cooked** the dinner.</note>
-{{past-perfect-illustration-04.jpg}}
+<WRAP box 70%>
+(6) When Roy’s girlfriend **arrived** he **cooked** the dinner.
+</WRAP>
-▶ He starts cooking the dinner //after// she arrives.
+{{past-perfect-illustration-04.jpg?nolink}}
-Several (mehrere) events in the past tense are seen as a sequence of events (Abfolge von Ereignissen) in the past (and happened in the order in which they are named in the text). This is especially common in stories etc.
+He starts cooking the dinner //after// she arrives.
-{{tag>english examples grammar}}
+<note tip>Several (mehrere) events in the past tense are seen as a sequence of events (Abfolge von Ereignissen) in the past (and happened in the order in which they are named in the text). This is especially common in stories etc.</note>
+===== Progressive form =====
+The past perfect progressive is used much like the simple form but you use it if you want to stress [betonen] the duration [Dauer] of the event in the past perfect or if it’s important to say how long it had been going on when the other past event happened.
+<WRAP box 70%>
+(7) When Roy’s girlfriend **arrived** he **had been cooking** dinner **for three hours**.
+(8) Tom **had been dreaming** about doing a bungee jump **for years** when he finally **decided** to do it.
+</WRAP>
+<note tip>In sentence (7) the speaker [Sprecher] wants to stress [betonen] that Roy had been cooking //for three hours//. In sentence (8) it is stressed that Tom had been dreaming //for years//. That’s why the past perfect perfect progressive is used.    </note>
+{{tag>english examples grammar}}