Past Perfect | Simple

Ukoliko želimo da kažemo da su se dve radnje desile jedna za drugom, u kratkom razmaku, kažemo:

When I got home my son went to bed.
_{(Došla sam, a onda je on otišao na spavanje)}

Ukoliko želimo da kažemo da je jedna radnja trajala kada se druga kratka dogodila (i obično prekinula ovu prvu):

When I got home, my son was going to bed.
_{(Kada sam došla on se spremao da ode na spavanje)}

Ukoliko je važno da se jedna radnja desila pre druge, kažemo:

When I got home, my son had already gone to bed.
_{(Prvo je otišao na spavanje, pa sam ja došla)}

Already, by the time, before:

I knew I had seen him before.

When I got to the kitchen they had already eaten all the cookies.

By the time I finished lunch, mum had gone to work.