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Simple
Progressive / Continuous
I had dinner
She was late for work because she.. (miss the bus)
We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when
Jane found her key.
It had been raining hard for several hours so the streets were
very wet.
Her friends had been thinking of calling the police since the
next day when she walked in.
Short clip.
By midnight, Paul had translated the article. (He finished his work.)
By midnight, Paul had been translating the article. (He did not finish it.
He was still translating at that moment.
By the time we arrived, he had been cleaning the house for 2 hours. (He
did not finish)
REMEMBER Non-Continuous
Verbs / Mixed Verbs
The motorcycle had been belonging to George for years before Tina
bought it. Not Correct