English Grammar

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

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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.

Examples:

• 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.

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4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Simple Tense

Past Simple Tense

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Past Simple Tense Exercise 1

Past Simple Tense Exercise 2

Past Verb Tense Quiz #1

Past Verb Tense Quiz #2

Past Verb Tense Quiz #3

Past Simple Tense & Present Perfect Tense

Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense Quiz

Past Continuous Tense Chart

Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense Quiz

Past Simple Tense & Present Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense Chart

Have + Object + Past Participle

Have + Object + Past Participle Quiz

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Chart