1. Past Perfect Manuel Casas Guijarro. I.E.S. Gerena. Gerena (Sevilla). June, 2010.

2. Past Perfect.  Action 1: I arrived at the party.  Action 2: the people had eaten the cake. - Question: Which action is first in time? - Action 1 or action 2?????

3.  So the sentence is:  When I arrived at the party, the people had eaten the cake.

4. 1. Past Perfect Simple. Uses.  To express a finished action that took place before another completed action in the past. Examples  “My family had already left before I arrived”.  “After we had finished dinner, we got ready to go out.”  “When the police arrived, the murderer had killed everyone”.  “By the time we met, I had eaten all the packets of crisps” Future 2. Past Simple 1. Past Perfect Present

5.  Subject+had+past participle (main verb)… they had eaten the cake Before When After Already By the time 2. Past Perfect Simple. Form. 3. Past Perfect Simple. Adverbs.