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English Grammar

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Structure: subject + had + been + -ing form of the verb

The past perfect continuous tense is used to talk about an action which began in the past and continued up to another point of time in the past.

They had been playing in the park for three hours before rain interrupted their play.

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The Tenses
The Simple Present Tense
The Present Continuous Tense
The Present Perfect Tense
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The Simple Past Tense
The Past Continuous Tense
The Past Perfect Tense
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

 

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