What's the Difference? PAST Continuous & PAST PERFECT Continuous 🤔

Do you know when to use the past continuous & past perfect continuous? What's the difference? These English tenses are similar, but there are some differences you need to know if you want to use correct grammar! The past continuous and perfect continuous are narrative tenses - perfect for telling stories in English! Learn and practice with me now, for perfect English grammar! Answers to the practice questions ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ 1. We had been waiting for the bus for hours when it finally arrived. 2. Last Monday, at 8 am I was eating my breakfast. 3. They were walking/had been walking home when it started to rain. 4. We had been living there for months before we finally met the neighbours. 5. Jag was listening/had been listening to the radio when someone knocked on the door. 6. It was raining/had been raining so the ground was wet. --------- TIMESTAMPS --------- 00:00 Introduction 00:58 The past continuous sentence 02:14 The past perfect continuous sentence 04:30 Comparing past continuous and past perfect continuous 13:42 Choose which tense to use #mmmEnglish #EnglishGrammar #PastPerfectContinuous #PastContinuous #EnglishGrammarPractice #EnglishTeacher #EnglishWithEmma Read the full transcript of this lesson on my blog here: https://www.mmmenglish.com/2021/03/25... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IF YOU ARE A WOMAN🙋🏻‍♀️ with intermediate to advanced English, HEY LADY! will help you sharpen your English skills for work, travel and daily life!! 💃 Hey Lady! is an online community (created by Emma) helping women to succeed in English! Don’t feel discouraged by negative experiences or unmotivated because you are studying alone! We’ve created a supportive, judgement-free place to: ⚡️Overcome your fear of speaking ⚡️Build your confidence for work and travel ⚡️Meet new speaking partners and practise in real conversations ⚡️Improve your skills for interviews, meetings & presentations ⚡️Have fun, stay motivated and above all… 😍ENJOY speaking in English! ✨With Hey Lady! you’ll become the confident, fluent English speaker you always wanted to be! 🌈🌈 TRY HEY LADY! FREE FOR 7 DAYS! Go here 👉🏼 https://mmm.heylady.io/start-7-day-trial 💖 Your first 7 days are FREE so you can try it first, then decide if you want to continue. Hurry! This offer is ending soon! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Take your English skills to the next level: 📚🤓🚀 mmmEnglish Courses 📚🤓🚀 Explore Self-Study English courses here: https://bit.ly/mmmEnglishCourses Or read more below 👀 Prepositions are one of the most frustrating parts about English - but they don’t have to be! I’ve created a course that will help you to master the most common English prepositions - I’ll teach you how to use them in context, study how they are used and (importantly) I’ll help you to practise using them! This course includes grammar lessons PLUS imitation practice (so you get to practise your pronunciation with me too!) Explore our prepositions course here: https://bit.ly/prepositions8x8 👄 Love mmmEnglish imitation lessons? Get HOURS of practice with Emma and complete our imitation training courses! Practise your pronunciation & natural English expressions by imitating a native English speaker. mmmEnglish imitation courses available now: https://bit.ly/mmmEnglishImitationCourse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Other English Language Tools I recommend! ⭐️Grammarly Grammar Checker: 🤓 Grammarly helps you to see the errors in your writing and your English Grammar by making suggestions and improvements to your writing! Try it for FREE! https://www.grammarly.com/mmmenglish ⭐️Audible 👂📚 Listen to audiobooks to improve your English listening skills (AND your pronunciation!) Listen to thousands of books (all of your favourites are available) Plus… You can try Audible for yourself - get your first audio book absolutely FREE! http://www.audibletrial.com/mmmEnglish Cancel your subscription at any time (but keep your free book forever!) mmmEnglish earns a small commission from affiliates mentioned above. We only promote products and services that we genuinely believe will support our students on their English-learning journey. ❤️ Thank you for your support! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Connect with mmmEnglish Website & Social Media: 🟡Website: http://bit.ly/mmmEnglish 🟢Facebook: http://bit.ly/mmmEnglishFB 🔵Instagram: http://bit.ly/mmmEnglishInsta 👏👏👏 Show your support for Emma & mmmEnglish by subscribing to our channel, liking videos 👍 and commenting to let us know! We love hearing from our students! ❤️ SUBSCRIBE TO MMMENGLISH HERE ➡️ http://bit.ly/Subscribe2mmmEnglish

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