Use of Past Perfect. action taking place before a certain time in the past. (putting emphasis only on the fact, not the duration) Example: Before I came here, I had spoken to Jack. Conditional Sentences Type III (condition that was not given in the past) Example: If I had seen him, I would have talked to him. Future Perfect Continuous Tense Examples. She will have been shopping for the whole day. I will have been starting my startup since 2025. She will have been learning to drive a scooter for one hour. He will not have been going to the airport before 10 o’clock. The perfect aspect is expressed with the auxiliary have and the past participle form of the verb. Depending on the time of the action, we use one of the following forms of have: the past ( had ), present ( have, has ), modal + infinitive (e.g. will have) or -ing ( having ). The perfect aspect focuses on the completion of an event. MOREOVER If the Past Perfect action did occur at a specific time, the Simple Past can be used instead of the Past Perfect when "before" or "after" is used in the sentence. The words "before" and "after" actually tell you what happens first, so the Past Perfect is optional. For this reason, both sentences below are correct. .

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