Bonjour
Le past perfect situe une action antérieure au prétérit
shéma dans le temps ==>
past perfect ---------> prétérit ---------> présent
1- I was so excited. I had never taken the plane before.
2- He paused for a moment to catch his breath. Climbing all those stairs was more difficult than he had thought.
3- Many years later, I learned/learnt that he had been arrested just after our meeting.
4- The train had already left when we arrived at the station.
5- He had applied for that job many times and was so happy to get it eventually.
6- I had known Fred for five years when he asked me to marry him.
7- I had told him so many times to stop playing the fool but he had always refused to listen. Eventually, he got caught.
8- I knocked at the door but nobody opened. A neighbor told me that they had been absent for two days.
9- And then, when we arrived in London, they had lost our luggage. How typical !
10- As usual, nobody had done the washing up when I came back.
Bonne journée☺☺☺
