Fill in the Blanks Fill in the Blanks: Past Perfect with Never, Ever, Already, By, ThenOnline version Test your knowledge of the past perfect with words like 'never', 'ever', 'already', 'by', and 'then' in this fill in the blanks game. By the group 2. by Jean Carlos Romero 1 before 'then' specific point thought past perfect time action homework' sunset said reporting by reported speech seeing 'never' words happened 'already' The is used to talk about an that another action in the past . It is formed with the auxiliary verb 'had' followed the past participle of the main verb . We use the past perfect with like , 'ever' , , 'by' , and to show that the action happened before a in the past . For example , 'I had never seen such a beautiful before' . In this sentence , the action of the sunset happened before the specific point in the past when the speaker saw it . The past perfect is also used in to talk about something that was or before the of . For example , 'She said she had already finished her . In this sentence , the action of finishing the homework happened before the time of reporting , which is when she said it .