GRAMMAR The Past Perfect Tense The past perfect indicates past in the past';that is,a time further in the past as seen from a definite point in the past. Examples: 1)Mr.Brown had learned some Chinese before he came to China. 2)When we got to the station the train had already left. 1.In this case we can say the past perfect is a relative'tense, that is it is rarely used all by itself.It is normally GRAMMAR The Past Perfect Tense The past perfect indicates ‘past in the past’; that is, a time further in the past as seen from a definite point in the past. Examples: 1) Mr. Brown had learned some Chinese before he came to China. 2) When we got to the station the train had already left. 1. In this case we can say the past perfect is a ‘relative’ tense, that is it is rarely used all by itself. It is normally