English grammar practice exercise, upper-intermediate / advanced level. This exercise focuses on the difference between the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous.
1: Something that started in the past and continued up to another action or time in the past. The past perfect continuous tells us 'how long', just like the ...
05.10.2021 · Past Perfect Vs. Past Perfect Continuous Use Case 1 To talk about the continuity or duration of a situation/activity - We use the past perfect continuous I had been studying hard since Deepawali when I fell ill. To talk about the completion of a situation or activity or its effects - We use the past perfect.
25.03.2021 · The difference with the past perfect continuous is that it expresses an action in progress before a particular moment in the past. I had been studying when you arrived. So here I spent some time studying and wasn't finished yet but later at some point the doorbell rang.
11.02.2019 · Both past perfect and past continuous tenses are used to describe an action that took place in the past. The key difference between past perfect and past perfect continuous is that past perfect indicates the completion of an event in the past whereas past perfect continues implies that an event or action in the past was still continuing.
We use the past perfect simple to talk about actions that were completed before another action or situation in the past. We use it to focus on the result of the ...
Past Perfect vs. Past Perfect Continuous. Complete the gaps in Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous. Show example . I. all those films before I was 18. (see)
Exercise 1. Past perfect simple vs continuous - choose answers. 2. Past perfect simple - complete a story. 3. Past perfect continuous - rewrite sentences.
Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous are two tenses that frequently appear in the exam, especially the Past Perfect. You can easily distinguish these 2 tenses, but they still cause many difficulties for you. So how to distinguish these two confusing tenses?
ID: 1367662 Language: English School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) Grade/level: 11th Age: 14+ Main content: Past tenses Other contents: Past Perfect vs Continuous Add to my workbooks (116)
10.12.2011 · Download my free guide ‘6 Ways to Become a Confident English Speaker through Listening’ at:https://start.anglo-link.com/In this English grammar lesson you wi...