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Usage:-

The past perfect tense expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

يستخدم زمن الماضي التام للتعبير عن زمن حدث في الماضي وانتهى قبل حدوث حدث اخر


1- ☆Completed Action Before Something in the Past☆
حدث منتهي الحدوث قبل حدوث حدث اخر
The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. We use the past perfect simple to talk about what happened before a point in the past. It looks back from a point in the past to further in the past.

Examples:-
1- I hadn't known the bad news when I spoke to him.
2- She had already told him before I got a chance to give him my version.


2- ☆Duration Before Something in the Past☆

We use the Past Perfect to show that something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past.

Examples:-
1- We had had that car for ten years before it broke down.
2- By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years.


3- ☆Experience☆
يمكن استخدام زمن الماضي التام مع الخبرات
You can use the past perfect to talk about how an experience from the distant past relates to an experience from the more recent past.

Examples:-
1- The soldier wasn’t scared because he had already been in battle before.
2- I was sorry when the factory closed. I had worked there for ten years.