i called you yesterday vs i had called you yesterday

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I called you yesterday' is used to simply state that you made a phone call to someone the day before. 'I had called you yesterday' is used when you want to emphasize that the action of calling was completed before another past event or time in the past.

Last updated: March 28, 2024

i called you yesterday

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to state that you made a phone call to someone the day before.

Examples:

I called you yesterday, but you didn't answer.
She said she called you yesterday.
Did you hear when I called you yesterday?
He called you yesterday to discuss the project.
Who called you yesterday?

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Good. I called you yesterday.
That's why I called you yesterday after my water broke.
I called you yesterday,
I called you yesterday because I was mad after seeing him, but you threw your phone in the trash.
I need to see comrade Naboev, I called you yesterday.
It looks as if you say, I called you yesterday!

Alternatives:

I phoned you yesterday.
I rang you yesterday.
I gave you a call yesterday.
I dialed you yesterday.
I made a call to you yesterday.

i had called you yesterday

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to emphasize that the action of calling was completed before another past event or time in the past.

Examples:

I had called you yesterday, but you didn't pick up.
She had called you yesterday before she left.
Had you heard when I had called you yesterday?
He had called you yesterday to inform you.
Who had called you yesterday before I did?

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i had called you yesterday
It entirely slipped my mind that I had called you.
I didn't call your auto... I had called you.
What if I had called you to explain myself?
How did she know that I had called you?
And what would I have said if I had called you?
And what would I have said if I had called you?
I had called you.
I had called you to talk about your station director.
I wish now I bloody had called you.
I took it because I figured Mooney had called you somehow.
I flew in first thing this morning as soon as I heard Ziggy had called you.
But I wish you had called before you packed everything up.
I'd rather you had called first.
I wish you had called or-or some...
If I hadn't called you at that moment, what would you have done?
I wish you had called to let us know... and maybe we would have been better prepared... for your cameras and your show.
I just wish you had called me when you found out you were pregnant.
If I had known you'd called her, I never would've gone shopping.
If I had just called him, you know, maybe...
If I hadn't called, you wouldn't have come back.

Alternatives:

I had phoned you yesterday.
I had rung you yesterday.
I had given you a call yesterday.
I had dialed you yesterday.
I had made a call to you yesterday.

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i called you yesterday vs i had called you yesterday