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past perfect
  
past
present perfect
present
  

future

all future tenses explained separately;

 

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   simple:  progressive:
 
 use:

simple statements and simple, short actions that happened before something else in the past

(the action itself is important)

 

background information and longer actions that happened before something else in the past

(the action is not so important)
 formation:

had + 3rd form

 

had + been + “ing”-form

 
 example: When he came home, he saw that somebody had broken in through the window. They were very tired because they had been working all day long.
   
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