Igualmente podemos emplearlo para hablar de acciones o tiempos que no han

terminado

I've been to the gym three times this week . El periodo de tiempo expresado en «this
week» no ha terminado todavía. Se podría argumentar que este caso es similar al
ejemplo de «this week», ya que estamos refiriéndonos a ir a Estados Unidos «a lo
largo de tu vida», que evidentemente no ha terminado aún.

Asimismo empleamos este tiempo verbal con «yet» y «already» para hacer
preguntas y afirmaciones acerca de cosas que hemos hecho o que no hemos
hecho

I've already seen this film - the ending is terrible . Have you cleaned the bathroom
yet? .

We can also use it to talk about actions or times that have not ended.

I've been to the gym three times this week. The period of time expressed in "this week" has
not ended yet. It could be argued that this case is similar to the "this week" example, since we
are referring to going to the United States "throughout your life", which is obviously not over
yet.

We also use this tense with "yet" and "already" to ask questions and make statements about
things we have done or have not done.

I've already seen this film - the ending is terrible. Have you cleaned the bathroom yet? .
After dinner I felt really full because I had eaten three portions of ice cream. This connects the
past (feeling full) with another action that also occurred in the past, but before (eating three
servings of ice cream).

The past perfect comes in handy to narrate sequences of events, since it allows us to
distinguish between the various moments of the past. Notice the difference between these
two examples:

Yesterday I got up. I left my wallet on the table. I left the house and I arrived at the metro
station. I had to go back home. (I got up yesterday. I left my wallet on the table. I left the house
and arrived at the subway station. I had to go home.).

Yesterday I got up, left the house and arrived at the metro station, but I had to go back home
because I had left my wallet on the table. (Yesterday I got up, left the house and arrived at the
subway station, but I had to go home because I had left my wallet on the table).

In the second case, it is easier to understand the relationship between the different events of
the past. We do not usually tell what has happened to us thing by thing exactly in the
chronological order in which they have happened; it would be very boring
This verb tense refers to something that was happening before the moment we are referring
to. For example: He had been living in LA for three years when he got his first film role. Angels
when…). Here we use the past perfect continuous to refer to what was taking place before
landing that first role.

The past perfect continuous is used in a similar way to the past perfect simple, but to refer to
longer or repeated actions that were occurring before the moment in the past that we have
focused on:

He had been working there for two years when Joanne started at the company (he had been
working there for two years when Joane joined the company / he had been working for two
This time is used to relate the present to the future, and it is the one you should use if you are
very sure about the future and when things will be finished.

By next year, I will have passed my driving test: now I am learning to drive; at some point in
the future I will take the exam and I think I will pass, and at the latest that will be next year.

We tend to use the future perfect with time references like “in three weeks' time” (within
three weeks), “by 2025” (for 2025), “when I am sixty” (when I am sixty years old).
years when…).