Explain the past perfect tense and provide an example.

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Explain the past perfect tense and provide an example.

The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb "had" followed by the past participle of the main verb.

Example:
I had already finished my homework when my friend called me.