We make the past perfect by using had + past participle. Jackob hadn’t been living in this cottage since 1997. He/She/It had been raining. (to learn) There were no sausages left when I came back. 3. (the film started before we arrived) B. (to eat) The children were playing in the ground. It (be) a cold and rainy Sunday, so I (decide) to finish the essay that I (start) writing a few days before. The verb in the past continuous tense is made of two parts: The past tense form of verb ‘to be’ – … Here's the word you're looking for. Answer. The past tense of rain is rained. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of rain is rains. The present participle of rain is raining. The past participle of rain is rained.
