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Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continous - Coggle Diagram
Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continous
Use
Past Perfect
Use the past perfect to talk about an event which had happened at some point in time before something took place.
Past Perfect Continous
The past perfect continuous is used to express how long something had been going on before something important happened in the past.
Examples
Past Perfect
Negative
Alejandro had not studied english before nine o'clock.
Question
Had Alejandro studied english before nine o'clock?
Positive
Alejandro had studied english before nine o'clock.
Past Perect Continous
Positive
We had been watching a movie on Netflix for two hours.
Negative
We had not been watching a movie on Netflix for two hours.
Question
Had we watching a movie on Netflix for two hours?
Structure:
Past Perfect
Positive
Subject + had + verb in past participle + complement.
Negative
Subject + had + not verb in past participle + complement.
Question
Question word + had + subject + past participle
Past Perfect Continous
Positive
Subject + had been + verb + ing + complement.
Negative
Subject + had + not + been + verb + ing + complement
Questions
Question word (often "How Long") + had + been + subject + verb + ing
Student: Alejandro Raygada Chirinos
Diferences
Past perfect express a past action already finished when another past action happened.
The past perfect continous describes a past action which started in the past and continued.
Similarities
Both past continuous and past perfect continuous tenses can be used to talk about actions or situations that were in progress at a certain point of time in the past.