Thisis a grammarpointthat's especiallyhelpfulwhenwewanttoshowkindof a timelineinourwritingtoshowthatinactionhappenedbeforeanotheractioninthepast.
Wecanusethepastperfecttense.
Sohere's a coupleofexamples.
Uh, 1st 1 theyhadn't departedyet, soherehadn't isthereducedformofhadnottheyhadn't departedyet, and I hadtakenmylunchbreaksowewouldusesentenceslikethe's ifwe'retelling a story.
Sowe'retelling a storyaboutthepast, andwewanttoshowthatoneactionhappenedbeforeanotheractionwhenwewanttotalkabouttheearlieraction.
Thereareactually a lotofdifferentthingswecandotomakethefuturesimpletentssomeverycommonwaysofmakingfuturesimplearethroughusingwillandwon't andgoingtoandnotgoingtoAndearlierinthislesson I mentionedusingthecontinuoustense, thepresentcontinuoustense, the i N g formof a verbtomakestatementsaboutthefuturealso.
Sotherearemanywaystomake a simplefuturestatements.
Sothereare a coupleofvery, verysubtlegrammarpointstoconsiderthere, too, sothatthosewere a coupleofmaybetoughgrammarpoints, buttherearereallygoodforstorytellingandfortalkingaboutyourfutureasWell, okay, so I knowthatthiswas a lotofinformationinthislesson.