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PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS - Coggle Diagram
PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT
USE
Talk about something that had happened before something else in the past
EXAMPLE
I had finished all of my homework before I went to the park.
She hadn't done the homework before she went to school
Had he done the warm-up exercises before he swam?
FORM
S + hadn't + VP2
Had + S + VP2
S + had + VP2
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
USE
To describe ongoing activities leading up to a more recent past event
to emphasize the duration of an activity
to give background information about an event
EXAMPLE
I hadn't been doing my homework
Had she been studying?
He had been working.
FORM
S + hadn't + been + V-ing
Had + S + been + V-ing?
S + had + been + V-ing