Colorful Ideas

I/You/They/We/She/He/It  had been waiting.......

The past perfect continuous tense is like the past perfect tense, but it emphasizes the duration of an activity that was in progress before another activity or time in the past.

i.e.
1. Elma started waiting at 7am. Amin arrived at 9am. When Amin arrived, Elma had been waiting for two hours.
2. Amin finally came at nine o'clock. Elma had been waiting for him since seven.
3. The police had been looking for the criminals for two years before they caught him.

I/You/They/We/She/He/It  had eaten......


The past perfect expresses an activity that was completed before another activity or time in the past (past of the past)

 i.e. 1. My prents had already eaten by the time I got home.
       2. Until yesterday, I had never heard about it.
       3. I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Singkawang.
       4. Had Revalda ever studied Japanesse before he moved to Japan?
       5. She only understood the movie because she had read the book.
       6. We were not able to get a seat because we had not booked in advance.



  "A little better than none"

-c_i-

Past Continous Tense