The document summarizes the past perfect continuous verb tense in 4 paragraphs: 1) It defines the past perfect continuous tense as showing an action that started and continued in the past up until another time in the past, unlike the present perfect continuous which indicates an action from the past continuing to the present. 2) It lists the form of the past perfect continuous as "subject + had + been + verb-ing". 3) It describes the two main uses of the past perfect continuous as indicating a duration before something else in the past and showing cause and effect between past actions. 4) It provides examples of the past perfect continuous in positive, negative and question forms.

1. Verb Tenses
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Grammar Rules
1. Asmuna Maulidya
2. Nadya Putri Erdila
3. Tiara Fitri Mustika
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2. Table List of Content
The Definition of Past Perfect Continuous
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The Form of Past Perfect Continuous
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The Use of Past Perfect Continuous
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The Example of Past Perfect Continuous
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3. The Definition of
Past Perfect
Continuous
The past perfect continuous tense (also known as the past
perfect progressive tense) shows that an action that started
in the past continued up until another time in the past.
Unlike the present perfect continuous, which
indicates an action that began in the past and
continued up to the present, the past perfect
continuous is a verb tense that indicates
something that began in the past, continued in the past, and also ended at a defined poi
nt in the past.

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The Definition of
Past Perfect
Continuous
Unlike the present perfect continuous, which
indicates an action that began in the past and
continued up to the present, the past perfect
continuous is a verb tense that indicates
something that began in the past, continued in the
past, and also ended at a defined point in the past.

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Subject + Had + been + V-ing
Positive
Subject + Had + not + Been + V-ing
Negative
Had + Subject + Been + V-ing
Question
The Form of Past Perfect Continuous

6. We use the past perfect continuous to show that something
started in the past and continued up until another time in the
past. "For five minutes" and "for two weeks" are both durations
which can be used with the past perfect continuous. Notice that
this is related to the present perfect continous; however, the
duration does not continue until now, it stops before something
else in the past.
Example : They had been talking for over an hour before Tony
arrived.
Duration Before Something in the Past
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Using the past perfect continuous before another action in the
past is a good way to show cause and effect.
Examples:
Jason was tired because he had been jogging.
Cause of Something in the Past
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The Use of Past Perfect Continuous

7. + I had been buying.
 She had been buying
Positive
 Had I been buying?
 Had She been buying?
Question
 I hadn't been buying
 She hadn’t been buying
Negative
The Example of Past Perfect Continuous
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