Can anyone tell me the rules for the past perfect continuous tense? 🤔
2023-06-26
This is what goPenpal answered
Absolutely, the past perfect continuous tense, also known as the 'past perfect progressive', is used to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.
This tense is formed with "had been" + "verb-ing". For example, "They had been studying for hours before the exam." In this sentence, the action of studying started and continued up until another action or time (before the exam).
This tense is often used to set the scene in stories, to show a continuing background action when another one occurs, or to express duration of a past action up until another past point.
So picture yourself telling a thrilling adventure. You'd say, "We had been walking in the woods for hours, when suddenly a bear appeared!" That's the past perfect continuous tense setting the scene beautifully. 🐻🌲
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