Completar frases Fill in the Blanks: Past Perfect with Never, Ever, Already, By, ThenVersión en línea Test your knowledge of the past perfect with words like 'never', 'ever', 'already', 'by', and 'then' in this fill in the blanks game. By the group 2. por Jean Carlos Romero 1 sunset past perfect 'never' thought 'already' said words seeing action by before 'then' homework' reporting specific point reported speech happened time The is used to talk about an that another action in the past . It is formed with the auxiliary verb 'had' followed the past participle of the main verb . We use the past perfect with like , 'ever' , , 'by' , and to show that the action happened before a in the past . For example , 'I had never seen such a beautiful before' . In this sentence , the action of the sunset happened before the specific point in the past when the speaker saw it . The past perfect is also used in to talk about something that was or before the of . For example , 'She said she had already finished her . In this sentence , the action of finishing the homework happened before the time of reporting , which is when she said it .