The past perfect is made from the verb had and the past participle of a verb:
I had finished the work.
The past perfect continuous is made from had been and the -ing form of a verb:
I had been working there for a year.
We use the past perfect:
- for completed action that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past:
When George died, he and Anne had been married for nearly fifty years.
- when we are reporting our experience up to a point in the past:
My eighteenth birthday was the worst day I had ever had.
We use the past perfect continuous:
- for incomplete action or longer action or situation before a specific time in the past
She didn't want to move. She had been living in Liverpool all her life.
- to show cause
I was exhausted because I had been running for half an hour.
For and Since
We use Past Pefect Continuous with action verbs:
I had been watching that programme every week since it started
We Past Perfect Continuous with state verbs
Up until that moment, I'd never believed (NOT been believing) in astrology.
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