Bonjour

Le simple past (prétérit)  est une action passée terminée.

Le past perfect est une action antérieure à celle énoncée au prétérit = had + participe passé

-----past perfect ----------------prétérit --------------->I présent

Paul was not at home when I arrived because he had gone home.

I felt very tired when I got home so I went straight to bed.

The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody had gone to bed.

We were driving along the road when we saw a car which had broken down so we stopped to help.

Last year, we went to Denmark. It was the first time we had been there.

Sam played tennis yesterday but he was not very good because he had never played before.

I invited Rachel to the party but she had arranged to do something else so she could not come.

When I went back to my hometown after many years, everything had changed because it was not the same as before.

We arrived at work in the morning and found out that somebody had broken into the office during the night so we called the police.

Yesterday Kevin got a phone call from Sally. He was very surprised because he has sent her lots of emails but she had never replied to them.

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bonne fin de journée☺☺☺