Past Tenses
Past Perfect
Past Simple
Past Continous
Past Perfect Continous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continous
It is the action that started and finished
It is used when an action has been completed before another action
I went to my grandma's house yesterday.
They waited until I had finished
Something that happened in the past but it continued
Diane had been walking for more than one hour.
He wore that sweater last week
She haden't seen her boyfriend for two days.
An action that started in the past and is still active
I have been using the same car since 2016
She was tired because she had been running.
I've been watching a new series called House of Cards
Subject + verb in past simple
had + past participle
Had been + present participle
subject + have been + verb (ing)
Actions that have been completed and are happening up to now
I have worked here for a long time.
I have never been in India
have + Past Participle
Action that happened and was interrupted
subject + was/were + verb (ing)
I was looking for my phone and it started ringing
They were talking about the movie when he came to ask for directions