Past Perfect + Past Perfect Continuous

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Past Perfect Simple
&
Past Perfect Continuous

Which one is the past perfect?

1. I haven't had such fun in a long time!
2. We had done the laundry before our parents came home.
3. She was talking when he fell.
4. He played piano yesterday.

When do you use the past perfect continuous?

1. when a past action happened before another action
2. when a past action happened before another, no idea who did it
3. when a past action happened
4. when an ongoing past action happened before another action

Past perfect

Past Simple

When to use?	When reffering to: An action that started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.
How to form?	Affirmative sentence: Had + been + verb+ing Negation: Had + not + been + verb+ing Question: had + subject + been + verb+ing

You had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

Had you been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived?

You had not been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

Example:
The fire had been raging for almost four days.

Past Perfect Continuous

you use the past perfect when....

1. something started in the past and is still ongoing
2. something was happening in the past but has already finished
3. something happend in the pas but you have present results
4. something happend in the past but interrupted/happened before something else

which tense is often combined with the Past Perfect ?

1. Present Perfect
2. Past Continuous
3. Present Simple
4. Past Simple

Which sentence using the past perfect is correct?

1. Yesterday I ate my breakfast and after that I went to school.
2. I have eaten breakfast before I went to school yesterday.
3. I had eaten my breakfast before I went to school yesterday.
4. I am having breakfast before I went to school yesterday.

which signalwords are important in combination with the 'past perfect continuous'?

1. een tijdsduur in de toekomst
2. een tijdsduur in het heden
3. een tijdsduur in het verleden
4. een momentopname in het verleden

which one is used to form a Past Perfect?

1. have + voltooid deelwoord
2. Has + voltooid deelwoord
3. had+voltooid deelwoord
4. To be + voltooid deelwoord

We ..... (to tell, past perfect continuous).

1. We were telling
2. We had told
3. We had been telling
4. We have been telling

We use the past perfect continuous to say that one action lasted until another action.

1. true
2. false

We use the past perfect continuous to say when exactly an action took place.

1. true
2. false

We use the past perfect continuous to talk about more than one action in the past

1. true
2. false

What is the rule?
We use the Past Perfect Continuous to talk about ..............
that began ..........
a specific time in the past.

1. continuous + before
2. continuous + at the same time as
3. single + before
4. single + at the same time as

Fill in the Past Perfect:
When I walked in, the meeting ___already___ (start).

Put in the past perfect continuous.
They ______ for a romantic dinner. (hope)

Fill in the Past Perfect/ Past Simple:
After she______ (pass) her test, she ______ (throw) a party.

Put in the past perfect continuous.
He _____ this moment. (dread)

Fill in the Past Perfect:
After he ______ (pass) his exam, he threw a party.

Fill in using the past perfect:
They said he ....... ........... (buy) a new bike.

Put in the past perfect continuous.
My friends _____ for hours. (text)

Put in the past perfect continuous.
She ______ this song for hours. (sing)

Fill in: past simple/ past perfect
I ....(play) Tennis, when it ....(start) to rain.

Put in the past perfect continuous.
We ______ of a wonderful holiday. (dream)