PAST PERFECT/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT

Past actions previous to other past actions Train leaving.

7.15 Past perfect Past Simple

Me getting at the station- 7.30

PAST PERFECT

EX: I got to the station at 7-30 but the train to London had already left.

PAST PERFECT

Before/ after/By the time

After he had asked for a loan, the owner decided not to sell the house. By the time he was sixteen, he had lived in twenty different countries.

Past perfect continuous

HAD BEEN +V-ING HADNT BEEN +V-ING HAD YOU BEEN + V-ING?

EX. HE WAS OUT OF BREATH. HE HAD BEEN FLYING HIS KITE

Past perfect continuous

YOU CAN SAY THAT SOMETHING HAD BEEN HAPPENING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED

EX. OUR GAME OF TENNIS WAS INTERRUPTED. WED BEEN PLAYING FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN

Past perfect continuous

EX: KEN GAVE UP SMOKING TWO YEARS AGO. HED BEEN SMOKING FOR 30 YEARS

PRESENT PERFECT C. / PAST PERFECT C.

EX: I hope the bus comes soon. Ive been waiting for 20 minutes. EX:At last the bus came, Id been waiting for 20 minutes (before the bus came)

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