Question

"What is the difference between the past perfect and the past perfect continuous tense, and when do you use each?"

Answer 1

The past perfect describes a completed action that happened before another past action, while the past perfect continuous describes an ongoing action that continued up to another point in the past

Answer 2

thank u but why is it continuous.

Answer 3

It is continuous because it uses the -ing form of the main verb (the present participle), which signals that the action was ongoing or in progress for a period of time.

In the Past Perfect Continuous tense (had been + -ing), this continuous aspect shows that the activity was unfolding up to the moment of a second action in the past.

For example, in the sentence: "I was tired because I had been running," the -ing (running) emphasizes the duration of the activity right up to the point of being tired.

Answer 4

so how do I use it in a sentence for the continuous?