Past perfect + Past perfect continuous

The past perfect and past perfect continuous are both tenses referring to actions in the past. However, they do differ from each other and you will see how.

 

The past perfect is used for a past action that already finished when another action happened.

For instance:

- She called the police when she had seen the light in the hall.

- Before we parked our car we had collected the ticket.

It's form is:

had + past participle

 

When we want to use the past perfect continuous, we use it for an action in the past that continued until another past action or event.

For example:

- They got to the beach after they had been walking for hours.

- The roads were blocked in the morning. It had been snowing all night.

It's form is:

had been + verb + ing

 

This was the last part of the past tenses. Now you have to do the practice test of these two tenses.

After that you have to go back to your class

 

Good luck!