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    The document discusses different tenses in English grammar including past perfect, past perfect continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. It provides examples of how each tense is used to indicate the timing or duration of an event in relation to either the past or present. The tenses express whether an action started and finished in the past or has relevance to the present.

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    The document discusses different tenses in English grammar including past perfect, past perfect continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. It provides examples of how each tense is used to indicate the timing or duration of an event in relation to either the past or present. The tenses express whether an action started and finished in the past or has relevance to the present.

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    The document discusses different tenses in English grammar including past perfect, past perfect continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. It provides examples of how each tense is used to indicate the timing or duration of an event in relation to either the past or present. The tenses express whether an action started and finished in the past or has relevance to the present.

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    Past Perfect Past Perfect Simple

    The house was dirty. It hadn’t been


    Continuous cleaned for weeks.
    I had been walking for hours Past start and finish -> Present effect
    when I finally found the house.
    Past start -> Past Finish/Effect

    PAST Timeline PRESENT

    Present Perfect
    Present Perfect
    Simple
    Continuous
    There has been an explosion near
    Budapest in a fireworks factory. I’ve been waiting here for hours!
    Past start -> Present actual happen
    Past start and finish – Doesn’t matter
    when, the fact to happened
    IMPORTANT

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