Past perfect simple |
| Situations and states before the past |
Had you had your computer long before it broke down? |
| Completed actions before a moment in the past |
When talking films appeared, the cinema had already become a popular form of entertainment.
When Dimitra called, I had managed to fix her computer. |
| A series of actions continuing up to a moment in the past |
By the time of his death, Thomas Edison had invented a number of things that |
| Completed actions where the important thing is the result at a moment in the past changed everyday life. |
I beat Jason at International Captain because I'd played it a lot with my brother. |
