Using past

perfect
We can use the past perfect to talk
about past actions or events and
give more specific details about
the order of these events.
Take look at this timeline and try to remember as much as possible

2010 2011 2015 2017

October Apple watch goes November 2017

October 6th
1 Samsung galaxy on sale Apple announces
IG is launched
note is released the iPhone x
NOW LET'S SEE THE USES OF PAST PERFECT WITH THE
EVENTS IN THE TIMELINE.

An action which happened before a

stated time in the past.

Instagram was launched on October 6th 2010 The Apple watch went on sale in April 2015

By December 2010 Instagram had been

By July 2015 the Apple watch had gone on sale
launched

Stated time: December 2010 Stated time: July 2015

 An action which happened in the past before another
past action. The action which happened earlier is in the
past perfect and the action which happened later is in the
simple past.

Samsung released the first Samsung galaxy Apple announced the iPhone x in September
note phone in October 2011 2017

Samsung had released the first Samsung galaxy note

phone before Apple announced the iPhone x .
An action which started and finished in the past and
whose result was visible in the past.

Samsung released the first Samsung galaxy

note phone in October 2011

Samsung had released the first Samsung galaxy note

phone in October 2011 so people could buy it in
January 2012.
Time expressions Before
used with the past after,
perfect already,
till/ until,
when,
by six o’clock/
midnight, etc,
by the time,
never, etc.
Time to practice
Which things had you done/achieved at a
certain age/in a certain year?

Learned how to read

Graduated from high school
Read certain amount of books
Had my first boyfriend/girlfriend