I 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 be is was/were being.I/He/She/It was beingWe/You/They were being
"had been waiting" is a verb phrase. It's the past perfect progressive tense of wait.
Present perfect 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.
This is the imperfect tense. (verb)= present tense (verb)ed= perfect tense was (verb)ing= imperfect tense Perfect and imperfect are both forms of the past tense.
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.
will dance
The past progressive tense of be is was/were being.I/He/She/It was beingWe/You/They were being
The present perfect tense of the verb hope is have or has hoped.
"had been waiting" is a verb phrase. It's the past perfect progressive tense of wait.
was/were sleeping = Past Continuous Tense