The Past Perfect

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Look at the verbs below and answer the questions about them.
 
..the 53 Pilgrims who had survived the winter celebrated their successful harvest...
What verb is more past or happened first?

 

The Pilgrim's English crops had failed, and he took pity on them

What verb is more past or happened first?

 

Before 20 years passed, European disease and treachery had decimated the Wampanoags.

What verb is more past or happened first?

 

Some diseases spread through gifts of blankets that had been used by sick Europeans.

What verb is more past or happened first?
 
When should we use the past perfect tense?


Check your answer below!
When we have two past tense verbs in a sentence and one happens before the other.
 
How do we make the past perfect tense?

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had

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past tense verb

 

Now let's put it all together!