How To Use Past Perfect Tenses | SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS
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- Do the Past Perfect Tenses confuse you? Wondering what's the difference between the simple and continuous forms? Let's practice!
In today's English Grammar Lesson, I'll go over the past perfect continuous usage, pronunciation & examples. PLUS we'll compare the past perfect simple, so you know the differences and when you should use them!
As usual, there's a QUIZ to help you practice at the end!
Read the full transcript of this lesson on my blog here:
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1.We had been waiting the bus for an hour when the bus finally arrived.
2.He had been working for a long time at the supermarket when he became the manager
3.They had been spending the afternoon cooking when the dinner guests cancelled.
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They had been cooking all afternoon when guests cancelled their arrival.
😊Hi Emma! ☺
There are mini quiz answers
1. We had been waiting the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived
2. He had been working at the supermarket for a long time when one day she became the manger
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The difference between these two tenses is really subtle but thanks to this lesson I have understood it well. Thank you
Thank you teacher Emma for your time and effort informing and educating us. I've learned a lot from this video. ❤️
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I had been listening to my university lecture when I realised that I still didn't know the difference between active and passive voice.
I had been watching Emma teach me about active and passive voice when I saw a video about how to use past perfect tenses in the suggested videos.
Nice! Past perfect is a tricky one because we don't use it too often and I often find that when people learn it, they overuse it. However, your explanation is very clear.
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Hi ma'am I'm so thankful that i found your channel it's so helpful. Now i understand what is the past perfect continuous. I hope you will make a lot of videos like this for those people who can not understand english well.
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Thank you Emma, I had been straggling with these tenses for a long time.
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I'd been longing for a clear explanation of past tenses when I bumped into this lesson thanks ma'am❤❤❤
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He had been working at the supermarket for a long time, when he one day became the manger.
I had been watching the video for few minutes to learn new things
I had prepared a dough for one hour to eat the dessert
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'' I had been seeing''. You can't contract stative verbs. I think so 😂
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@@1953emo perfect! The first example is probably the most natural 🙂
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2. She had been working when her friend had an emergency.
3. My dad had been sleeping when I called him.
4. I had been chatting with a friend when she arrived to my house.
Thanks a lot. This lessons are really useful!
I think we should emphasize the meaning of each 'have' and 'past participle' in order to understand and use the past perfect tense.
The EMPHASIS of the PRESENT STATE is the whole nuance that you should get from the perfect tense.
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Great tips! Choosing the correct past tense can be a challenge for many learners!
It really is!
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First of all, let me thank you for this awesome demonstration!
Here are my answers to the quiz:
1.We'd been waiting the bus for an hour when it arrived.
2.He'd been working at the supermarket for a long time when / before he became the manager.
3.They'd been cooking all the afternoon when the dinner guests cancelled.
Brilliant work!
In number 2, isn’t it “he had worked……” because it seems to be like he thought that would be his career BEFORE he becomes the manager.
@@alissongarcia4594 Yes, maybe a small difference, like she said, but He'd been working just sounds smother and easier. And we don't know if he thought of it as his career.
On of the best explanations I've ever spotted on CZcams! Thank you so much!
I appreciate you about the wonderful explanation for this topic. Here are my answers for the mini quiz: we had been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived. He had been working at the supermarket when one day he became the manager. They had been spending the afternoon cooking when the dinner guests cancelled.
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Hi Emma! Thank you very much for your videos. They are very interesting and clear. I understood your explanation but when I was thinking about the examples, I had a doubt. What would be the difference between "I was riding my bike when I saw my friend" and "Í´d been riding my bike when I saw my friend"? In both sentences, the action is in progress at some point in the past (riding) and in both sentences, the action was interrupted by another action in the past. Thank you very much!!
I have the same doubt 😩
I think that with past perfect progressive the action didn't finish yet, It was iterrupeted, but proplably will continue after.
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Hello Emma! Thanks for this marvelous lesson (I loved the color pink BTW). However, I still find confusing the differences between the past perfect continuous and PAST CONTINUOUS. If I say: I was riding my bike when I saw Paul, and I had been riding my bike when I saw Paul, is there any difference? Thanks again!
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Hi, Manuela! She didn't answer your question, but I WILL do. There's absolutely NO difference. The only thing is that when the past cuntinuous is used it sounds a lot more natural and informal. (BTW - I'm an English teacher too.)
There is a big difference
First of the first sentence of your mean that you were riding bike but when you saw Paul ,you stop doing that action
In your second action u saw paul but you are still in action of ridding a bike
Hope it help you to understand 😊
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I had been playing tennis when it started to rain.
I had been studying when I had to eat.
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Is it correct?
We had been waiting for the bus for an jour when the bus finally arrived.
Thank you Emma for everything 🥰
Yes, well done!
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We had been waiting the bus for an hour when it finally arrived
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Hello Emma, I was watching your video when the internet is down! But now I got it!
•We had been waiting for the bus for an hour, when Finally the bus arrived.
•He had been working at the Supermarket for a longe time when one day he became the maneger.
•They had spent the afternoon cooking when the dinner guest cancelled.
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@@mmmEnglish_Emma Yes, except for some little orthographic mistakes as Finally and Supermarket, written with the uppercase letter when they aren't at the beginning of a sentence, a longe time instead a long time, and maneger instead of manager.
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We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived.
It's wrong cause u r not waiting anymore when the bus arrived u stopped waiting so it's not in progress
@@rahmamustafa9159 that's why I had used past perfect continuous
@@tripolilibya8209 thanks a lot finally I got it ❤
@@rahmamustafa9159 Well,I have the same point as yours.The action of waiting should be stopped when the bus arrived.Could you explain why the sentence should be used past perfect continuous?
@@davidtsoi8614 you shouldn't really necessarily use past perfect continuous because it's just for reference. I mean, you could actually use past continous if you want to, like "we had waited for the bus for an hour, when finally the bus arrived". Also, if i comprehend it completely, emma said, past perfect continuous is not really commonly used in the spoken language, since it's quite formal.
I have been following your lessons for long time
Thank you that's quite clear
1: We had been waiting for the bus for an hour before it arrived. 2. He had been working at the supermarket for a long time before he became the manager.
We had been waiting for the bus an hour when finally the bus arrived
We'd been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived
Thank you very much for your videos, Emma. You're one of the best teachers I've ever studied with.❤❤❤
We'd been waiting for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived.
He'd been working at the supermarket for a long time when one day he became the manager.
They'd spent the afternoon cooking when the dinner guest canceled.
This is great! Thanks for making it more a lot easier to understand 🤩
Thank you 🙏
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We'd been waiting for the bus for an hour, finally the bus arrived .
He'd been woking at the supermarket for a long time, one day he became the manager
We had been waiting for the bus for an hour.
When Finally the bus arrived
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We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus arrived.
Hello Emma, nice to hear you all ways,alltimes.
A great video. Thank you! ❤
I had been waiting for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived.
He had been working in the supermarket for a long time when he became the manager.
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1. We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus finally arrived.
Just wanna ask, what is the difference between the two sentences below?
1. She was working in the garden when it started to rain.
2. She had been working in the garden when it started to rain.
I think we have to use “was” when the something is finished and completed, but in this sentence we see that it’s still continuing ( it started to rain )
hi, I come from 2 years later and try to answer your questions in case you are still wondering. but probably not hehe. and I'm sorry if my grammar not perfect, I'm still learning it.
the first question means she was in a process doing an activity in the past (which was working in the garden) when suddenly interrupted by another event (which was rain falling)
the second question means she was doing an activity for some period of time in the past, then she stopped (or not continued her previous activity) and another event happened. so the rain was not interrupted her first activity.
I got a similar lesson from other teacher about this tenses. I hope I explained it well and not gave a misinformation. If I got it wrong, kindly correct me.
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We'd been waiting for the Bus for over an hour when the bus finally arrived.
I had been helping my mom in the kitchen when the bell rang.
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can it also be like: “i was helping my mom in the kitchen when the bell rang” ????????????
@@misaelcalderon644 thats what I thaught too
It's not a very natural sentence. It would be more natural to say: I had been helping my mom for two hours when the bell rang
I had been learning English when I saw you and I got my attention most.
Perfectly explained!!
Great class, thanks!
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We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus arrived
This video helped a lot! Thanks so much! Ur awesome!!!!
1 we'd been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived.
2 he'd been working at the supermarket for a long time when one day he became Manger.
3 they had been spending the afternoon cooking when the dinner guests canceled.
Thanks a lot for your great teaching. 😍
I hadn’t been sleeping for 3 nights when The smoke detector beeped.
They spent a whole time cooking, but the dinner guests had cancelled.
You're right, 'spend' (in this context) can't be sued in the continuous tense. You can say: They had spent the whole afternoon cooking when the dinner guests cancelled.
It was awesome, thank you 💛
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Thank you! ❤️
He’d been working at the supermarket for a long time, when one day he became the manager.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense : Shrish had been running until he saw his father.
Negative : Sorry, Shrish hadn't been running because he was jumping.
Interesting story, and perhaps shrish was afraid of his father a little.)
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Nice and clear. Thank you so much.
Thank you 😍