Study some signal words for Past Perfect.
  
Words for Past Perfect:
  
before — перед тим, як;
 
after — після;
 
already — вже;
 
just — тільки-но;
 
for — протягом;
 
since — с тих пір;
 
till/until — до тих пір;
 
by the time — до того часу;
 
never — ніколи;
 
earlier — раніше;
 
when — коли;
 
yet — ще ні.
 
Examples
 
She knew how to cook a cake because she had made it earlier
  
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James easily won this game because he had played it many times before
  
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John had sat to work when his boss called for him. 

We had already bought a cake when Jill called us and told that she bought a cake too. 
  
I hadn’t served the table yet when the guests came.
Джерела:
www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-win-a-chess-game
http://bekicookscakesblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/cake-decorating-and-baking-classes.html