The past perfect tense is used to indicate an action that happened in the past before another action happened This compound tense is formed by adding the past participle to the auxiliary verb had The main difference between past participle and past perfect is that past participle is a verb form whereas past perfect is a tensePast preposition, adverb (POSITION) in or to a position that is further than a particular point I live on Station Road, just past the post officeThe past perfect continuous is made from had been and the ing form of a verb I had been working there for a year They had been painting the bedroom The past perfect is used in the same way as the present perfect, but it refers to a time in the past, not the present
英語 Be の意味 使い方 読み方 Weblio英和辞書
Past perfect simple 意味