How and when to use the Past Perfect Continuous
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How and when to use the Past Perfect Continuous

A2ElementaryAugust 27, 20268 min

Some news - I’ve been working on something special: an English course covering the most important grammar points, from the present perfect and uncountable nouns to conditionals and much more. It’s affordable and accessible to everyone, with texts, listening, grammar and speaking practice. And it’s coming very soon! For more information, visit my website: learnenglishwithben.com - ok let’s find out what I’ve got for you in today’s episode of Parler Anglais. In today's episode, we look at how to use one of the most difficult tenses in English. Read t...

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Hi guys, Ben here. Before we hear today's episode of Parlay En Glé, some news! I've been working on something special, an English course covering the most important grammar points from the present perfect and uncountable nouns to conditionals and much more. It's affordable and accessible to everyone with texts, listening, grammar and speaking practice and it's coming very soon. For more

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information, visit my website learnenglishwithben.com. Okay, let's find out what I've got for you in today's episode of Palais Anglais. Hi guys, I'm Ben and welcome to today's English podcast. In today's episode we're going to look at one of the more difficult tenses in English, the past perfect continuous. The past perfect is all about the past before the past. So there is

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There is a main event, action or story, and the past perfect simple, or past perfect continuous, happened before that event, action or story. For example, listen carefully. I'd been living in Berlin for 10 years when I met my best friend.

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