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Lia lilia Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Past Perfect Simple or Continuous?

Could you explain which is more common in these sentences for native speakers, Past Perfect simple or Past Perfect continuous: Before Lena became a doctor she __________ (work) as a shop assistant.

  

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. she worked as . .

— Clive

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  • she worked as .
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  • We commonly just use Simple Past if a word like 'before'' makes the sequence of events clear.
  • Clive
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. . .she worked as . .. .

We commonly just use Simple Past if a word like 'before'' makes the sequence of events clear.

Clive

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