PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

SB+ HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE

AN ACTION HAPPENING BEFORE ANOTHER PAST
ACTION.
I REMEMBERED
YESTERDAY.

HAD

BOUGHT

THE

BOOK

I TOLD YOU I HAD SEEN HER BEFORE.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

SB+HAD+BEEN+VB+ING
AN ACTION IN PROGRESS HAPPENING BEFORE
ANOTHER PAST ACTION (OR HAVING
CONSEQUENCES IN THE PAST)
I HAD BEEN WORKING A LOT BEFORE YOU CALLED.
THE MECHANIC HAD BEEN REPAIRING TOMS CAR
FOR A WHILE WHEN HE DROPPED BY.