Element FORM: WITH ADVERBS
SuperCat PAST
SubCat past perfect simple
Lexical Range 1
Level B1
Cando Can use the past perfect simple with a limited range of adverbs (including 'never', 'ever', 'just', 'always', 'already') in the normal mid-position. ► adverbs
Corrected Learner Example It was the most beautiful one I had ever seen. (Italy; B1 THRESHOLD; 2008; Italian; Pass)

So, she came to America to see a relation she had never seen before, and she spent the money with me. (Spanish - Latin American; Argentina; B1 THRESHOLD; Pass)
I had just arrived from school when I saw the letter. (Portugal; B1 THRESHOLD; 2008; Portuguese; Pass)

I had always wanted to visit European cities and Paris was one of the easiest cities to get to from England. (Korea, South; B1 THRESHOLD; 1999; Korean; Pass)
Uncorrected Learner Example
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