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Past simple has only one verb and that is in past tense. eg I arrived at the station. - arrived is past verb.

Past perfect has two verbs one is had - the past of have, and the other is a past participle. eg The train had left. - left is the past participle of leave.

Past simple and past perfect are often used together. The past perfect verb shows an action that happened in the past before another action (past simple) that happened in the past eg

The train had left when I arrived at the station.

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