Past perfect vs past perfect continuous

What is the topic of the video?

• The topic of the video is not specified.
• Past perfect

• Past perfect continuous

• Past perfect and past perfect continuous

Why is it good to know the difference between the two tenses?

Past perfect and past perfect continuous refer to...

• Past perfect and past perfect continuous refer to actions completed before another past action.

• Past perfect indicates future actions; past perfect continuous indicates completed actions.
• Past perfect refers to actions that will happen; past perfect continuous refers to actions that are currently happening.
• Past perfect is used for present actions; past perfect continuous is used for future actions.

What is the structure of the past perfect continuous?

• had been + past tense
• was + present participle (verb+ing)

• had been + present participle (verb+ing)
• have been + present participle (verb+ing)

How is "been" usually pronounced in past perfect continuous?

• /bɪnɪ/

• /bɪn/

• /bɪnə/
• /bɛn/

We use past perfect to describe ________ activity and past perfect continuous to describe ________ activity in the past.

• temporary; permanent
• finished; interrupted
• ongoing; completed
• completed; ongoing

Past perfect continuous can be used to emphasize __________ of an activity in the past.

The past perfect continuous expresesses more _________ situations while past perfect emphasizes permanent ones.

The so called stative verbs take continuous forms.

• True

• False