PAST PERFECT/PAST

PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT

Past actions previous to other past

actionsTrain
leaving.
7.15
Past perfect

Me getting at the station- 7.30

Past Simple

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. I

ve 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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