When to Use The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Expressing longer actions in the past before another action in the past.
- Ram started waiting at 9am. I arrived at 11am. When I arrived, Ram had been waiting for two hours.
Instead of the time being now the time is before.
For example, imagine that you meet Ram at 11am. Ram says to you:
- “I am angry. I have been waiting for two hours.”
Later, you tell your friends:
- “Ram was angry. He had been waiting for two hours.”
