How To Use Past Perfect Tenses | SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS

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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They had been cooking all afternoon when guests cancelled their arrival.

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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

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He had been working at the supermarket for a long time, when he one day became the manger.

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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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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.

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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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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. 😍

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[@franciscohelio]

•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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[@Manuela-zc3wo]

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.)

[@iconic_skin634]

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

[@iconic_skin634]

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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We had been waiting the bus for an hour when it finally arrived

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[@cylow3512]

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.

[@loubana]

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 )

[@princessnoa10]

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 had been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived.

[@rahmamustafa9159]

It's wrong cause u r not waiting anymore when the bus arrived u stopped waiting so it's not in progress

[@tripolilibya8209]

@@rahmamustafa9159 that's why I had used past perfect continuous

[@rahmamustafa9159]

@@tripolilibya8209 thanks a lot finally I got it ❤

[@davidtsoi8614]

@@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?

[@ronrixlante5586]

@@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.

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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

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We'd been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived

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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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@@jasperchavez4239 thank you🤗, idk how I made such a simple mistake🤦 (but I'll practice more)

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[@marcelo1756]

Perfectly explained!!

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Thank you very much for this video!

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We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus arrived.

[@kavithayamini8146]

We had been waiting for the bus for an hour. When Finally the bus arrived

[@bbcao1142]

Thank you, Ms. Emma. I think my sentence for example is: I had been walking outside when it started storming. (Please help my son correct this sentence if there is something wrong. He does your homework after this lesson. He loves learning English with you. Thank you)

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1. We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived. 2. He had worked at the supermarket for a long time before one day he became the manager. 3. They had been spending the whole afternoon cooking when the gust cancelled. Thanks for the lesson.

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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.

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We had been waiting for the bus an hour when finally the bus arrived

[@aly3835]

We'd been waiting for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived. He'd worked at the supermarket for a long time, one day he became the manager. They'd been spending the afternoon cooking, the dinner guests cancelled. Could you correct them please?

[@MohamedSuliman96.6]

I think the second sentence should be had been working not had worked

[@aly3835]

@@MohamedSuliman96.6 hmmm, what if the meaning is that he had planned to work forever, then suddenly he changed his mind?

[@MohamedSuliman96.6]

No 😂😂😂 the sentence means that he was a worker at the supermarket and after a long time of working finally he became a manager.

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@@MohamedSuliman96.6 oh... I think I'm a bit drunk 😂

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Hello Emma, I was watching your video when the internet is down! But now I got it!

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1 we`d been waiting for the bus for an hour until the bys finally arrived 2 he had been working at the suprmatkt for a long time , but one day he became the manager . 3 they had been spending all after noon cooking , and sadly the guests dinned cancelled . i hope the sentences are correct . thank you so much Emma .

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We'd been waiting for the Bus for over an hour when the bus finally arrived.

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We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus arrived

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I love your lessons. Thank you so much madam.

[@mikaa.r.m.y421]

- they had been spending the afternoon cooking. - when the dinner guests cancalled. -I had been waiting for the bus for an hour. -when finally the bus arrived.

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus finally arrived. ✅ They had spent the whole afternoon cooking when the dinner guests cancelled. ✅ (spend is a stative verb so it cannot be used in the continuous tense)

[@andreilima2288]

@@mmmEnglish_Emma hey, how can we know whether a verb is stative or refers to an action?

[@mikhail_averyanov]

@@mmmEnglish_Emma Emma tell me please why here "spending": Spending my time Watching the days go by it's Roxette song

[@ismaelmabad3972]

@@mmmEnglish_Emma could you explain the(stative verb)please?

[@bittudeepti]

I had been helping my mom in the kitchen when the bell rang.

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

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[@misaelcalderon644]

can it also be like: “i was helping my mom in the kitchen when the bell rang” ????????????

[@Dany-gf9zu]

@@misaelcalderon644 thats what I thaught too

[@Latika491]

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

[@thilakasirispathiranage9981]

I have been looking for a solution for that before anyone else though about it. Thank you so much. It was a solid wood.😮

[@ab-sa24]

I had been watching your helpfule videos for nearly a month .