Past perfect vs past perfect continuous

1. Past perfect
vs
Past perfect continuous

2. Past perfect
The past perfect is formed
with the past auxiliary verb
had and the past participle
of the main verb. It is used
when the first past action
finishes before the
second past action.

3. Past perfect continuous
The past perfect progressive
is formed with the past
auxiliary verb had, the past
participle auxiliary verb been,
and the present participle
form (-ing) of the main verb.
It is used when the first
past action continues
until the second past action.

4. Past perfect vs past perfect continuous.
1) It expresses that an action was done. 1) It gives the emphasys to the action.
2) It is used to talk about sporadic 2) It is used to express that an action is
situations. repetitive.

5. ACTIVITY

6. Helen had to washed her hand because she _______________ her car.
A.Had been repairing.
B.Had repaired.
She related that she _____________ a divorce lawyer.
A.Had been consulting.
B.Had consulted.

7. I __________ how to dance.
A.Had never learnt.
B.Had been never learnt.
She saw the grocer leave the same way he _______.
A.Had come.
B.Had been coming.

8. He denied that the man __________ differently.
A.Had been treated.
B.Had treated.
His driving lessons ___________ during the summer.
A.Hadn’t been abandoned.
B.Hadn’t abandoned.

9. Before yesterday, no requests ___________ for blood donation.
A.Had been made.
B.Had made.
It seemed like somebody ___________ a cake.
A.Had been cooking.
B.Had cooked.

10. Rachel’s car, which _______________ in the garage, was apparently new.
A.Had been parked.
B.Had parked.
They moved from wherever they ____________ to Vancouver.
A.Had been living.
B.Had lived.

11. In your notebooks write three sentences in
past perfect tense and three in past perfect
continuous tense