Past perfect | LearnEnglish
learnenglish.britishcouncil.org › past-perfectGrammar explanation Time up to a point in the past We use the past perfect simple ( had + past participle) to talk about time up to a certain point in the past. She'd published her first poem by the time she was eight. We'd finished all the water before we were halfway up the mountain. Had the parcel arrived when you called yesterday?