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Past perfect simple, past perfect continuous

'When the three bears got home they realised someone had used their things'.

Past perfect simple / continuous

Simple: HAD + past participle

An action occurred before another action in the past.

( had lived, had sung …).

I lived in Miami, Florida. I had lived in New York City before.





Continuous: HAD BEEN + V-ing


An action started in the past and continued up until another time in the past

( had been living, had been singing …).


Remember that horrible day: You eventually arrived. I had been waiting for you for two hours!

Test : use one of these two tenses.

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1. He (marry) her two years before we met.

2. I (want / always) to travel. That's why I was delighted to go abroad with them.

3. She was no stranger to him. They (be introduced) to each other a few days before.

4. We (stay) there since 1980, you know.

5. I (stay / never) in London before. How expensive hotels are!

6. Did I tell you that when I saw you, I realised that we (meet / already) ?

7. James told me you (buy) the old vicarage two years before your son's birth.

8. I wish we (buy) it before.