By the time I finally left the coffee house where we were supposed to meet, I (drink) three cups of coffee. I (try) to get tickets for that movie for months, and I didn't want to miss it.Ģ.

I left without him last night, but I told him to meet me early because the film started at 8:00. Now, choose between the past perfect and the past perfect continuous in the following sentences.ġ. NOTE : Passive forms of the Past Perfect Continuous are not common. The restaurant's fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Chef Jones for two years before he moved to Paris. Chef Jones had been preparing the restaurant's fantastic dinners for two years, before he moved to Paris. Verbs of possession and measurement: fit – suit – weigh – belong – possess – own – contain – consist Verbs relating to mental and emotional activity: agree – believe – imagine – love – promise – realise – recognise – think Verbs of perception: see – hear – smell – taste – feel Like every continuous, some verbs don’t take the continuous form: Had been being is expressed simply as had beenĮx: We had been being successful before, but we somehow lost our knack. There is no past perfect progressive for the verb to be. Sam gained weight because he had been overeating. Jason was tired because he had been jogging. Using the Past Perfect Continuous before another action in the past is a good way to show cause and effect. James had been teaching at the University for more than a year before he left for Asia. She had been working at that company for three years when it went out of business.

They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived. Notice that this is related to the Present Perfect Continuous however, the duration does not continue until now. We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.įor five minutes and for two weeks are both durations which can be used with the Past Perfect Continuous.

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