Grammar: ⚙️ Verbs in Depth: ⏳ Perfect Continuous & Future Perfect Tenses (B2) - Lesson 3: Past Perfect Simple (Actions completed before another past action) - Review & Expansion

Grammar: Verb Tenses B2 Lesson 3: Past Perfect Simple What you will learn: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the Past Perfect Simple to clearly show the sequence of past events and to use it correctly in reported speech. Why It Matters: Showing a Clear Sequence When telling a story, the order of events is very important. Using the Past Perfect makes this order clear to your listener. 🤔 A Little Unclear When I arrived at the station, the bus left. (Did they leave at the same time?) ✅ Perfectly Clear When I arrived at the station, the bus had already left . (The bus left first, then I arrived.) The Grammar Rule 📖 Think of the Past Perfect as the "earlier past." When you have two events in the past, the Past Perfect describes the one that happened first. The "Earlier" Past Structure: Subject + had + Past Participle Timeline: Event 1 (Past Perfect) → Event 2 (Past Simple) → Present Example: "She couldn't get into her house (Event 2) because she had lost …