past perfect simple + adverb – English Grammar Profiler
B2 point 54 in the category of PAST is defined as:
past perfect simple with a wide range of adverbs (including ‘finally’, ‘recently’, ‘simply’) in the normal mid-position.
B1 point 46 in the category of PAST is defined as:
past perfect simple with a limited range of adverbs (including ‘never’, ‘ever’, ‘just’, ‘always’, ‘already’) in the normal mid-position.
(no examples of ‘simply’ in the top 100)
An iWeb search for:
had _RR _VVN
1 HAD NEVER SEEN 18665
TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE:
I saw many fantastic things I had never seen.
male China B1
2 HAD NEVER HEARD 17344
3 HAD EVER SEEN 11107
4 HAD JUST FINISHED 6260
PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:
Before I came here, I had just finished my military service in the Korean Army.
Korean male, level 4 grammar class.
5 HAD NEVER MET 4670
6 HAD ALREADY MADE 4094
Even though my friend had already made it, he helped me.
PELIC Korean male, level 4 grammar class.
7 HAD JUST STARTED 3851
8 HAD JUST COME 3848
9 HAD ALWAYS WANTED 3706
I had always wanted to go to London.
TLC female Spain B2
10 HAD ALREADY BEGUN 3599
11 HAD JUST GOTTEN 3346
12 HAD EVER HEARD 3273
No one had ever heard of a cell without a toilet.
13 HAD ALREADY STARTED 3153 14 HAD NEVER THOUGHT 2819 15 HAD JUST RETURNED 2751 16 HAD ALREADY TAKEN 2678 17 HAD NEVER USED 2428 18 HAD JUST MOVED 2426 19 HAD JUST LEFT 2389
20 HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED 2265
21 HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED
22 HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED
23 HAD JUST ARRIVED 1985 24 HAD JUST TAKEN 1929 25 HAD JUST COMPLETED 1838 26 HAD ALREADY SEEN 1824 27 HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT 1809 28 HAD ALREADY LEFT 1806 29 HAD ALREADY GONE 1798 30 HAD JUST HAPPENED 1798 31 HAD JUST BOUGHT 1790 32 HAD NEVER FELT 1781 33 HAD ALREADY DECIDED 1773 34 HAD JUST TURNED 1752 35 HAD JUST BEGUN 1721 36 HAD NEVER KNOWN 1719 37 HAD NEVER TRIED 1716 38 HAD JUST GONE 1634 39 HAD NEVER PLAYED 1597 40 HAD NEVER HAPPENED 1580 41 HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED 1544 42 HAD JUST SEEN 1542 43 HAD NEVER MADE 1517 44 HAD JUST MADE 1438 45 HAD JUST GOT 1432 46 HAD EVER KNOWN 1383 47 HAD JUST RECEIVED 1373 48 HAD JUST WON 1373 49 ‘D NEVER SEEN 1365 50 HAD ALREADY LOST 1348 51 HAD ALREADY RECEIVED 1333 52 HAD ALREADY GIVEN 1330 53 HAD JUST LOST 1318 54 HAD JUST GIVEN 1289 55 HAD NEVER TAKEN 1281 56 HAD ALREADY SPENT 1251 57 HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID 1240
58 HAD NEVER CONSIDERED 1216
59 HAD ALREADY PAID 1172
60 HAD EVER EXPERIENCED 1147
61 HAD NEVER WORKED 1146 62 HAD ALREADY WON 1138 63 HAD ALREADY PASSED 1134 64 HAD NEVER OCCURRED 1080 65 HAD JUST PASSED 1076 66 HAD EVER MET 1039
67 HAD RECENTLY MOVED 1015
68 HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED 1005 69 HAD ALREADY COME 1000 70 ‘D EVER SEEN 980
71 HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN 967
72 HAD FINALLY FOUND 957 EGP example 73 HAD JUST PURCHASED 954
74 HAD ALREADY REACHED 950
75 HAD JUST DIED 949 76 HAD NEVER READ 941 77 HAD JUST SPENT 936 78 HAD PREVIOUSLY USED 936 79 HAD ALREADY WRITTEN 935 80 HAD JUST GRADUATED 925 81 HAD ALREADY MOVED 912 82 HAD ALREADY TRIED 894 83 HAD JUST OPENED 882 84 HAD ALSO MADE 879 85 HAD JUST PUT 867 86 HAD JUST SAID 867 87 HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT 850 88 HAD JUST MET 848 89 ‘D NEVER HEARD 835 90 HAD ALREADY FOUND 827 91 HAD ALREADY SET 826 92 HAD ALREADY PUT 825 93 HAD ALWAYS DREAMED 823 94 HAD NEVER COME 817
95 HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED 814
B1 vocabulary:
completely, considered, experienced, intended, planned, previously, reached, recently