The document discusses the past perfect tense, which is used to indicate that an action was completed before something else in the past occurred. It provides examples of using the past perfect tense to refer to actions that had been finished prior to other past events, such as "I had visited my sister before she went to Mexico." The construction of the past perfect tense is also explained as auxiliary verb + had + past participle.

1. PAST PERFECT English IV – Unit 7

2. Past Perfect - Use This tense indicates that an action was finished at some point in the past before something else happened. In this case use Past Perfect vs. Simple Past USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in the Past

3. Past Perfect - Construction Auxiliary + Verb in Had past participle

4. Past Perfect - Examples I had visited my sister before she went to Mexico. She had visited her sister before she went to Mexico. He had visited his sister before she went to Mexico. You had visited your sister before she went to Mexico. We had visited our sister before she went to Mexico. They had visited their sister before she went to Mexico.

5. Past Perfect - Examples When I arrived home, I found that someone had broken into my house and had stolen my i-pod. I had never flown , so I was very nervous. She decided not to come to Acapulco with us because she had been there before.

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