True this is used to combine them so that they make sense and give a fuller meaning/description to it
Answer:
My family had been trying for months to teach my nephew how to walk when he finally did it. He had stood up a few times before, but he hadn´t been able to take a step just yet. Today, after we had been playing on the floor all afternoon, he suddenly stood up. To my surprise, by the time I got my cellphone to take a picture of him, he had already taken three steps to grab a toy. My sister was sad that I hadn´t filmed the event, but I will never forget it.
Explanation:
The past perfect tense refers to actions completed before a specific time or event in the past.
The formula for the past perfect tense is had + [past participle].
He could see these things, but he couldn't see what they meant. He couldn't see that Mars Bar disliked him, maybe even hated him. <span>When you think about it, it's amazing all the stuff he didn't see." (16.6-7)
A cement fort in the living room. Thinking that black people don't eat the same food as whites. Being afraid to walk on the wrong side of the street. Prejudice is all over <em>Maniac Magee</em>, and in a town where the place a person lives is determined by the color of their skin, this shouldn't surprise anybody. We see people run the whole gamut in this book, from open minded to extremely prejudiced, to just ignorant. </span>
