i had gone for a walk vs i went for a walk

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I had gone for a walk' is used when you want to emphasize that the action of going for a walk happened before another past event. 'I went for a walk' is a simple statement about a past action.

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This phrase is correct and is used to emphasize that the action of going for a walk happened before another past event.

"i had gone for a walk"

This phrase is used in past perfect tense to indicate an action that occurred before another past action or event.

Examples:

I had gone for a walk before it started raining.
She had gone for a walk when I called her.
By the time I arrived, he had gone for a walk.
They had gone for a walk before the party began.
Had you gone for a walk before the meeting?

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i had gone for a walk
That morning, Dorrie and I had gone for a walk in the park.
I had gone for the new BMW M4.
Jackie and I had gone shopping for jeans for school.
I had gone to him for a few painting lessons.
I had gone to MoMA for another project, but they weren't interested.
It would have been better if I hadn't gone for a mammogram.
If I had gone to jail for burglary, I would've been out six months ago.
I had gone to wait for my cousin, as I quite often do, after the session.
As if I had gone this far for nothing.
What if I had gone somewhere else for lunch?
I had tagged Here and Gone for her.
I was wasted, but I could only imagine what it must have been like for them as children to deal with the pain that I had gone through for four years.It was time for them to live with their mother.
I had tagged Here and Gone for her.
You know, if I had gone back looking for an authority figure who could tell me if it would work or not, he would have said, no, it probably won't.
It means that, had I gone to jail for any reason, your prospects in Cheyenne would have dimmed considerably.
If I were given the same choice you had I would've gone for the KFC girl
Everything I dreamed about, everything I had worked for was gone.
Nothing dear. I... So long since you were out of the house that I thought you had gone out for a drive or something.
I was delighted, as at least my own kids -and the others I had told -knew I had already reported this 16 days earlier, and to me it confirmed that I had not gone mad for 5 minutes, not that I needed any confirmation.
I felt as if I had gone abroad.

Alternatives:

I went for a walk
I had been for a walk
I had taken a walk
I had gone out for a walk
I had gone out

This phrase is correct and is a simple statement about a past action.

"i went for a walk"

This phrase is used in simple past tense to describe a completed action of going for a walk in the past.

Examples:

I went for a walk yesterday.
She went for a walk in the park.
We went for a walk after dinner.
He went for a walk to clear his mind.
They went for a walk together.

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I went for a walk along the coastal path.
I went for a walk in town.
I went for a walk in Lansdowne Park.
I went for a walk in the park.
I went for a walk and the rain took me by surprise.
Yes, but then I went for a walk on Lungarno.
I went for a walk in the forest.
Pass. I went for a walk in the Heartwood and just straight into Wytham.
But Alan wasn't in the mood, so I went for a walk.
No, I went for a walk. l looked at them.
I went for a walk this morning, and I decided that this is what I wanted to do.
You were in the shower, so I went for a walk, you know?
I went for a walk after breakfast.
Anne's working and Muriel was tired... so I went for a walk.
Out, I went for a walk.
I went for a walk this morning.
I went for a walk, James.
I went for a walk down the railroad track.
I was... I went for a walk.
Toto and I went for a walk.

Alternatives:

I took a walk
I went out for a walk
I went out
I went walking
I went on a walk

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