PAST PERFECT/PAST

PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT
 Past actions previous to other past
actions Train
leaving. Me getting at the station- 7.30
7.15
Past perfect 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
 HADN´T 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. WE´D BEEN PLAYING FOR
ABOUT HALF AN HOUR WHEN IT STARTED
TO RAIN
Past perfect continuous
 EX: KEN GAVE UP SMOKING TWO
YEARS AGO. HE´D 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, I´d been
waiting for 20 minutes (before the bus
came)
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