Had+Subject+p.p~?(Duration)

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I couldn't find example sentences using "Had+Subject+p.p~?(Duration)".
Generally,the interrogatory sentence using "Had+Subject+p.p~?" is rare or awkward?

1.Had you been doing your homework till he visited you?
2.Had you had a fever for a few days till you fainted?

The sentences above I made make sense?

Could you give some sentences coming across your mind?

Laborious · Accepted Answer

redeyeflight888The sentences above I made make sense?

They make sense. I can understand what they say. But 'till' doesn't seem natural in your second sentence. I would use 'when', instead.

For example, Had you had a fever for a few days (past perfect) when you fainted (past simple expressing another action/event in the past)?

One of the uses of the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous tenses is to talk about the duration of an action or a situation before something else in the past. We say how long something had existed or been in progress before something else in the past. The action/situation may or may not continue after that another event or action in the past.

Redeyeflight888 · Answer

Thank you so much,Mr.Laborious!
I understand very well.
I've learned a lot!

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