Usage Examples 16 English tenses

• They didn't call me because they were busy. -
• Alice was studying when I went to bed. -
• How long have you been living here? -
• By December Jessica will have been dancing professionally for twenty years. -
• We had not been waiting long before the taxi arrived. -
• Jack is not going to help us, he is too selfish. -
• Jack had been trying to open the door for an hour before he found a key. -
• It had been raining so hard that the flood began. -
• Do you often eat vegetables? -
• Will you answer the phone? -
• I had heard about the accident before I read the article. -
• We are travelling together at the moment. -
• Had the store already closed when you came? -
• The plane leaves at six pm. -
• Will anyone be bringing friends to the party? -
• It was raining while I was walking my dog. -
• At that point I will have been living in San Francisco for a year. -
• Paul will be swimming in the sea this time tomorrow. -
• Have you ever seen northern lights? -
• Linda hasn't been singing for a long time. -