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English Grammar Past Perfect Continuous Tense
The past perfect continuous tense is used when 2 actions happened in the past.
- The first action uses the the past perfect continuous tense.
- The second action uses the past verb tense.
- We had been learning English for a few years, before I started to teach English.
- The girls had been working in the factory for 10 years, before the closed the factory.
- My teacher had been studying in English, before she stared to teach English.
- We were upset. We had been waiting for the bus for over an hour.
- My mother was sick. She had been fighting cancer for many years.
- We were tired. We had been working long hours for the last few weeks.
- The girls were so excited. They had been waiting for the letter from City College for the last few months.
Examples:
Past Simple Tense
Past Simple Tense & Present Perfect Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Simple Tense & Present Perfect Tense
Have + Object + Past Participle
Have + Object + Past Participle Quiz