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Ruc86 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Question about past perfect countiuous

Hi every body I am new here
my name is Anas
18 m Dubai

can u tell me about this website briefly


my quistion is

when can we use this tense

past perfect continuous


please answer

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) If we had been watching more carefully, we would have seen the meteors. If Susan had not been working that day, she could have gone to the beach. Their family had been having picnics at that park for years.

  • ) If we had been watching more carefully, we would have seen the meteors.
  • If Susan had not been working that day, she could have gone to the beach.
  • Their family had been having picnics at that park for years.
  • Karen and Phil had already been traveling for a half hour before they realized that they had left the baby at home.
  • I knew they had been talking about it, but I didn't know they had finally moved to the country.
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Some examples of the Past Perfect Continuous (had been -ing)

(Compared to other tenses, this one is not so frequently used.)

If we had been watching more carefully, we would have seen the meteors.

If Susan had not been working that day, she could have gone to the beach.

Their family had been having picnics at that park for years.

Karen and Phil h

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