Suppose it's the present day, and someone you know got home a really late than they were supposed to.
So, which of the following sentences do you use?
A. I was getting worried thinking whether you had got home safe.
B. I was getting worried thinking whether you have got home safe.
C. I was getting worried thinking whether you got home safe.
Meaning wise, what's the difference between the above sentences?
And here, the speaker is talking about the present.
Best Answer
I was getting worried is past continuous, so the got home part must also be past. A (past perfect simple) and C (past simple) are OK, but B (present perfect simple) doesn't sound right- it's too present.
A is about whether the listener arrived home before the speaker was worrying, and C is about whether the listener arrived home at some unspecified time before now, so A is technically correct, but most listeners would understand the same meaning in C.
Note that you should really use the adverb safely rather than the adjective safe, as it applies to the verb get home. Not everybody practices this distinction though.