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The Past Perfect Tense

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        • Modal Verbs
          • Should: Expressing Regrets about the Past – Modals
        • My Hometown – Verb Tenses in Action!
        • Past Time Verbs
          • The Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive) Tense
          • The Past Perfect Tense
        • Present Time Verbs
          • The Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive) Tense of Verbs
          • The Present Perfect Tense
          • The Present Simple Tense
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      • The Apposition Versus the Subordinate Clause
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        • A Simple Sentence is One Independent Clause
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            • Fun with Adjective Prepositional Phrases
          • Prepositional Phrases as Parts of Speech
          • Fun With Prepositional Phrases
        • Identifying the Phrase
      • What is a Clause?
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        • The Subordinate Clause
        • Principal = Independent, Subordinate = Dependent
      • Correcting the Teacher

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