I had been trying.
The past perfect progressive tense of the verb "try" is "had been trying."
The past perfect tense is created with the auxiliary verb had and a past participle. The past perfect tense of complain is had complained. The past perfect progressive tense is created with had + been + a present participle. The past perfect progressive of complain is had been complaining.
The past progressive tense of the verb "to be" is "was/were being." For example, "He was being helpful" or "They were being considerate."
The phrase "had been waiting" is the past perfect continuous tense of the verb "to wait." It functions as a verb phrase in the sentence.
Present perfect progressive tense.
The past perfect tense of the verb "contain" is "had contained."
The past perfect tense is created with the auxiliary verb had and a past participle. The past perfect tense of complain is had complained. The past perfect progressive tense is created with had + been + a present participle. The past perfect progressive of complain is had been complaining.
The progressive tense has the form - be + present participle.eg is/was watching.The tense of the be verb determines the tense of the progressive verb form.eg was watching is past progressive. is watching is present progressive.With an auxiliary verb have or has the present perfect progressive is formed.eg have been watching, has been watchingWith had the past perfect progressive is formed:eg had been watching
past: ran past perfect: had run past progressive: was/were running past perfect progressive: had been running
"Has collected" is Present Perfect, because an auxiliary verb "to have" is in the present tense.
We use "have + past progressive" to indicate that an action was in progress before another past action. For example: "I had been waiting for hours when the bus finally arrived." It shows a continuous action that started before a specific point in the past.
The past simple tense is meant.(pronounced ment)The present perfect tense is have/hasmeant, and the past perfect tense is had meant.The past progressive tense is was meaning / were meaning.The past perfect progressive is had been meaning.
Every verb has a past, present, and future tense. Each past, present, and future tense also has a perfect form, progressive (continuous) form, and a perfect continuous form.
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The past progressive tense of the verb "to be" is "was/were being." For example, "He was being helpful" or "They were being considerate."
The present perfect tense of the verb hope is have or has hoped.
The phrase "had been waiting" is the past perfect continuous tense of the verb "to wait." It functions as a verb phrase in the sentence.
was/were sleeping = Past Continuous Tense