Past Perfect: I spoke to Susie at noon; someone had told her the news earlier. The shop was closed because the shop assistant had left before closing times. The party had not started by the time I arrived. Mark slept all morning because he had been at a club the night before.
Past Perfect Continuous: We had been waiting for two hours by the time his train arrived. When I looked at her I knew she had been crying. He had been working for this company for 10 years before he retired.
Last year I became a member of school cinema-club.Everybody of us has got a favourite jenre in the cinema: comedies or cartoons,fantasy or science fiction,detectives or documentaries.At our meetings we tell about the history of the favourite jenre.We also watch films together,and then discuss them.We have learnt how to write comments about watched films.Sometimes the guests from cinema-world come to our meetings.They are actors,producers,reviewers.Many of them tell us that they began to be interested in the cinema in their childhood.
Last year I joined our school film club. Every member has his own favourite genre: comedies or cartoons, phantasy fiction or science fiction, detective films or documentaries. During our meetings we tell each other about some story of our favourite genre. We also watch films together and then discuss them. We have learnt to write reviews on the seen films. Sometimes people from filmland take part in our meetings: directors, actors and actresses, cameramen, critics. Many of them say that they started to take interest in cinema when they were children.
I spoke to Susie at noon; someone had told her the news earlier.
The shop was closed because the shop assistant had left before closing times.
The party had not started by the time I arrived.
Mark slept all morning because he had been at a club the night before.
Past Perfect Continuous:
We had been waiting for two hours by the time his train arrived.
When I looked at her I knew she had been crying.
He had been working for this company for 10 years before he retired.