Question

What is past perfect continuous tense with examples?

Answer 1

The past perfect continuous tense (also known as the past perfect progressive tense) shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time in the past. The past perfect continuous tense is constructed using had been + the verb's present participle (root + -ing).

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Answer 2

Past perfect continuous tense is used to talk about the actions which had been going on for a long time in the past before other action took place.

e.g. we had been playing cricket for three hours before it rained.