Past perfect simple tense & past perfect continuous tense

Past perfect simple tense & past perfect continuous tense

Past perfect simple tense

Used to show a past action which happened earlier than another past action

Example; I had finished reading when the telephone rang.

When I reached the station, the bus had left.

Used with the verb 'wish'

Example; I wish I had joined the trip.

Past perfect continuous tense

Used to show an action which began before the time mentioned in the past, and continued up to that time

Example; John felt sleepy because he had been reading for the whole day.

Used to express a repeated action

Example; Don had been trying to contact Laila.

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