Difficulty
| Low | (Medium) | High | |||
| A1 | A2 | (B1) | B2 | C1 | C2 |
Differences between these two tenses:
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Past perfect |
Past perfect continuous |
| 1) Used to talk about something that happened before another action in the pastYou had studied Spanish before you moved to Ecuador. | 1) Used to talk about the duration of an activity that happened before another action in the past. They had been talking for almost an hour before Tom arrived. |
| 2) To show how long something lasted before another action happened in the past.They had lived in a flat before they bought a new house in the country. | 2) To show cause and effect about something in the pastSamantha lost a lot of weight because she had been exercising very hard. |
Now try the following quiz to see how much you remember 🙂
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