what is the diffrent between past pefect and past perfect conteniuos ?
I always get confused about using these two tenses and don't know when I must use any of them!
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Hello.
The past perfect (PP) refers to a single, completed action: I ate this morning, I sat down, I dropped my glove.
The past continuous (PC) refers to an continuous action, that was not necessarily completed: I was sitting down (PC) when I heard a noise (PP). I was eating (PC) when I dropped my glove (PP). She was singing (PC) and then she saw a bird (PP).
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Hi Zena,
I usually give a very simple comparison in my classes:
"I had written five books."
"I had been writing five books."
The question is, for each example, how many FINISHED books do we have? What do you think?
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