The document provides examples of using the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous tenses in English. It includes 16 sentences with explanations of situations that occurred in the past using these tenses, such as "My husband had painted our house before we moved in" and "My friend hadn't been happy after the hippo had been sitting on his face." The examples cover a variety of common situations involving completed past actions and ongoing past actions leading up to another point in the past.

1. PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
vs
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

2. PAST
Past Perfect;
My husband had
painted our house
(in 2010) before we
moved in (2011)
It was very
colourful then.
We had a very
original house then!

3. PAST
Past Perfect
Continuous:
My husband had been
painting our house. He
was very tired. It was
half painted then. It
wasn`t finished. It
didn`t look cool….

4. The lion was tired and sleepy
It
had been hunting
(hunt)for three hours.
It
had eaten
(eat) three little poor
gazelles.

5. My cousin Wiesław was
exhausted, but happy!
He
had won
(win) seven table tennis
matches.
He
had been playing
(play) table tennis
for seven hours.

6. My friend wasn`t full of energy
He
had been studying
(study)English
all night long.
He
had read
(read) seven books in
English.

7. My mummy didn`t make
breakfast yesterday.
She
went
(go) to bed, because
she
had been ironing
(iron) all night long.

8. Sad neighbours
They
were
(be) unhappy, because
they
hadn`t sold
(not sell) their old,
stinky car.

9. My mad teacher
My teacher
was
(be) angry because
we
hadn`t known
(not know) the answer.
He was mad with anger.

10. Alaskan bear
She
had never seen
(see/never) a bear
before she
went
(go) to Alaska!

11. Fat Butch
Butch
put
(put) on weight,
because he
had been eating
(eat) too much sugar

12. Bad luck!
Kevin
had been painting
(paint) for eight
seconds when
the ladder
fell
(fall).

13. Chicken sandwich
I
wasn`t
(be) hungry.
I
had just eaten
(just/eat)a chicken sandwich.

14. Get on train!
We
were
(be)
too late. The train
had just left
(leave/just)

15. Town on fire!
The town
was
(be) on fire, because
Andrew
had been playing
(play)with the
matches!

16. CrAzY SiStEr
My sister
made
(make)
me mad.
She
had taken
(take) all the
kittens from the
animal shelter

17. Happy hippo?
My friend
wasn`t
(be not) happy
after the hippo
had sat
(sit) on his face