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When do you use the perfect tense?

Asked Jun 2, 2009, 03:39 PM — 2 Answers
Which sentence is correct?

She had eaten before her mother came home

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She ate before her mother came home.

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Jun 2, 2009, 03:52 PM
Either sentence can be used as they are both grammatically correct.

The first sentence is in the Present Perfect tense.

The second sentence is in the Past tense.
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Jul 1, 2009, 08:19 PM
She ate before her mother came home
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