Past perfect continuous

PAST PERFECT/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT
Past actions previous to other past actions

Past perfect
Past Simple
Train leaving. 7.15
Me getting at the station- 7.30
PAST PERFECT
EX: I got to the station at 7-30 but the train to London had already left.
PAST PERFECT
Before/ after/By the time
After he had asked for a loan, the owner decided not to sell the house.
By the time he was sixteen, he had lived in twenty different countries.


Past perfect continuous
HAD BEEN +V-ING
HADN´T BEEN +V-ING
HAD YOU BEEN + V-ING?
EX. HE WAS OUT OF BREATH. HE HAD BEEN FLYING HIS KITE

Past perfect continuous
YOU CAN SAY THAT SOMETHING HAD BEEN HAPPENING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED
EX. OUR GAME OF TENNIS WAS INTERRUPTED. WE´D BEEN PLAYING FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN
Past perfect continuous
EX: KEN GAVE UP SMOKING TWO YEARS AGO. HE´D BEEN SMOKING FOR 30 YEARS

PRESENT PERFECT C. / PAST PERFECT C.
EX: I hope the bus comes soon. I´ve been waiting for 20 minutes.
EX:At last the bus came, I´d been waiting for 20 minutes (before the bus came)

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