Grammar. The Past Perfect Tense. (Had+past participle).Rule: Use the Past Perfect Tense to show the relationship between two actions in the past. The Past Perfect Tense indicates the action that took place first. E.g. When I came to the yard the children had played the game.

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In this sentence, "had played" is the past perfect tense verb that shows the action (playing the game) that took place first before the speaker came to the yard. The use of "had" before the past participle "played" indicates that the action of playing the game occurred before the speaker's arrival at the yard.