Question

What is the past perfect progressive tense of the verb “try”?

Answer 1

Hint: The past perfect progressive emphasizes the duration of a past action before another action happens. For example, “I had been playing with him for 2 years.” You form the past perfect progressive by using “had been” followed by an “–ing verb”.

Complete answer:
A verb is a word that describes an action, a condition, or an event. We use the concept of tense in English to refer to time in three ways: past, present, and future. It's a verb-based method of suggesting the length of an event or condition in relation to the time of speaking, as well as its continuation or completion.
The past perfect progressive tense is used to indicate that a past event has come to an end.
 For example:
 Sasha had been baking a cake.
 They had been painting the fence.

The sentence in past perfect progressive tense is formed (positive form):
Subject + had been + present participle
The [verb] + "ing" part is known as a present participle.
If you need the negative form, you can use the following structure:
Subject + had not been + present participle.
Now we can know that the past perfect progressive tense of the verb “try” will be “had been trying” i.e., “had been” + “try+ing”.
Usage in a sentence: I had been trying to get a hold of you since long.

Note: The verb has to be converted into present continuous tense applying the grammar rules. Simply adding “ing” at the end of a verb will not always be correct. For example, the present participle of ride is riding and not rideing. Similarly, the present participle of lie is lying and not lieing.