Question

the yacht _____________ before the rescue team arrived (past perfect tense of sink)
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Answer 1

The given sentence can be changed as such: The yacht had sunk before the rescue team arrived.

What is the past perfect tense?

• The past perfect tense is a type of sentence in which the third form of a verb is used along with had.
• These sentences define something that has happened in the past.
• There are three different types of perfect tenses.

• Their names are present, past and future perfect tenses.