THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

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THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

• FORM S HAD BEEN V-ING
• USES The Past Perfect Continuous tense is used
• - Expressing the duration of an activity that
  occurred before another action in the past .
• EX She had been competing for six years before
  she tried out for the Olympics last year.
• - An action occurring recently before
  another action in the past.

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• EX He looked tired because he had been running
  for six hours.