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Learn English Tenses: PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
What does it mean if someone says: “I had been living in England at that time.”? This sentence is an example of thePAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS tense, also known as the PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE tense. In this full, complete English class, you will learn to understand and use this advanced tense. We’ll focus on structure, usage, spelling, contractions, questions, short answers, stative verbs, irregular verbs, and common errors. We’ll move forward step by step, with lots of practice exercises, so you feel clear and confident when speaking and writing. This advanced English grammar class is part of my engVid series on verb tenses. So join me now to master this tense, upgrade your academic or business English, or get a higher score on the IELTS or TOEFL. When you’re ready, the next class in our series is a comparison between the present perfect continuous and the past perfect continuous tenses.
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Thanks to you, too, smdb! I wish you all the best.
Hello, have you ever considered make the lists with numbers and also with the date?. It is hard to follow a guide with to many lessons, I don’t know which is new or old. Maybe you can do groups of topics. Regards Ginger from CR.
On engvid, you will find lessons grouped by category and on my youtube channel, you will find playlists of various subject areas, including the verb tenses in order. All the best to you, Ginger.
This is one of the best lessons I have ever attended
Thank you so much
i hadn’t been thinking to got this level thnk u tecaher
you deserve an Oscar in teaching !
Awwww…thank you kindly, erlin qordja. I wish you much success going forward. Learning is always a partnership.
I had been initiated in teaching English for these last years. I got 10 out of 10. Thanks teacher!
Hey, Rebecca.thank you for teached me all of this tenses. and let me ask you something if you can. Can i got your video lecture notes in pdf? especially, you had teached us about present perfect ,past present,present prefect progressive and past prefect contniuses tense.
Hi everyone,
as always extremely useful lesson. I still wait for these lesson about advanced future tenses.
Before i watched the video I had taken the quiz and I got 8/9. I made a little mistake in the last question. I had always thought a gerund of “participate” contains with double 2 before I saw the answers. Thanks to you I know I was wrong.
Please, correct me if I used “Past Perfect” in my sentences incorrectly.
I wish all the best for everyone who reads that comment.
It has been an excellent class.
Hi everyone first i made the quiz whitout see the lesson i point then i saw the lesson and i obtain a 100 thats great thank you Engvid and Rebeca you are the best i really enjoy all your class and learn easily whit you thank you so much
I first got a 50 whitout seeing the lesson after watching i obtain 100
You´re amazing
The classes are awesome…
this class is really awesome to me…thank you so much.
Awesome Class, Your accent is so clear to be understable for new students. Thanks once more
I had a better understanding on spelling changes. When we change -ie to -y. I watched the other lessons in which this is explained as well, but in this time, in exactly this point, it was more clear.
Thank you Mrs Rebecca.
Thank you. I learned new tense.
10 out of 10. Thank you Rebecca. A little remark from my biography, just for exercise. I had been living in Ukraine for 10 years before I moved to Russia.
Thank you so much Rebecca I had been learning by watching EngVID for many months
Thanks,ı had been benefitting
Thank you very much teacher you helped me to much
Thank you very Rebecca! Now I feel very comfortable of using past perfect continuous! Yay!!!
Yes!! So glad you feel more confident now, tianlan0113. All the best to you!
I had been learning English before I obtained score 100
Thank you so much mam for your wonderful lesson.It’s so useful.you explained very well.
nice video..i really like you the way of your speech.
I got 10/10, Thanks Rebecca for your great lesson, would you mind asking one question HOPE,MISS,SLEEP,FEEL aren’t stative verb?
I would and i had are both I’d when you make it short form? Ty
Yes, that’s right, Moctatomas.
I’d like some water, please. – I would
I’d gone to the supermarket. – I had
Wishing you continued success!
I can’t speak english plaezz hlep
I had been learning a great lesson before I started my work.
Me-I got 100% Tq ma’am for your precious time to explain these tenses
Rebecca- Waiting for Response(let it be me)
Congratulations on your super score! That’s great, aabbcc1122! Of course, we learn through mistakes too, so always stay strong and positive to make the greatest progress. I wish you ongoing success.
THANKS
Thank you so much, Ma’am Rebecca, for the lesson you taught. I didn’t understand this English tense before as clear as now. I’m so excited to watch more of your videos.
100%, thank you
Somebody please help me.
In question 9 , how could we be sure that they(her parents) aren’t saving money for her anymore ?
Please see my answer to Janio below. All the best to you.
Thank you!
I enjoy a lot every class with teacher Rebecca. She explains in carefull and clear way. My respects to her.
I’m unable to get a hang of ‘had’ word while communicating. When I’m able to speak same sentence by using past simple or present prefect, I really don’t understand the use of this tense.
I really admire your laughing,pls keep it forever and all the best with your job.
Thank you Rebecca for a very useful lesson! I got 10 correct out of 10. You explain everything in such a clear way. It’s so obvious you do what you love. Keep on and all the best!
Thank you kindly, Roen! I do love what I do! How did you know??? Haha! I wish you much success going forward.
Thank you so much!!!!
Thank you :)
I love Rebbeca, because her my english getting better.
Good class. But in the question 9, it´s not possible to know if they had been stopping save money. Could you explain it?
The first is the only correct answer, as shown, because you cannot say “Her parents HAS been saving” or “Her parents HAS saved.” Since the word parents is plural, you would have had to say: Her parents have been saving” or “Her parents have saved”, but these options were not given. Hope this helps to clarify your question. All the best to you!
Touché. Thank you!!
Thank you
thanks!!
Thanks !!! It’s very good explanation about past perfect continuous . Thank you for your work !
My best wishes and thanks to each of you for watching, learning, and writing. Please know I read all your comments, though I cannot answer each one. All the best for your ongoing success.
Thank you so much.I feel more confident to use the past perfect continuous tenses.
thank you so much i love this classe
you are so sweet teacher..thanks
thank you
Thank you so much Rebecca. I got out 10 of 10
90% 10 th wrong participating
mam mam where is future perfect continuous ,future perfect?you had been uploading only one video on march 2nd simple future tense .
Thank you Mam. I got 90% mark on the quiz. You have given a clear idea about past perfect tenses. I understand theoretically when to use past perfect continuous. But when i start to speak, i could not use perfect tenses in general. How to overcome this difficulty?
Thanks Rebecca.
This Lesson is very useful, thank you so much for your efforts with us .
Hi, Rebecca! Your lesson is very clear and well-structured, but I can’t get the difference between Past Continuous…Why we could say: Sarah was studying all day.. and: It had been snowing all week.. Do you have a lesson about that difference?
10/10 , i like this listen
Her parents __________ money for her education ever since she was born.
had been saving
has been saving
In this question,why we can’t use ‘has been saving’? We don’t know if the parents stopped saving money.Maybe they’re still saving?
I think “Has” is used to present perfect when the subject is singular, but in this lesson has explained about past perfect continuous, so we use “had” whether singular or plural the subject. I hope this comment would help you.
Thank you very much Rebecca for the lesson. A little bit every day, her classes are very useful.
I like her classes because they are pleasant, clear, and concise. Thank you very much, teacher, Rebecca.
I had been watching you on YouTube before i watched you on this site. Thank you anyway cause i found such a beautiful teacher like you.
Correct me🙂
Perfect 10. Clear explanation and easy to understand. Thanks you teacher Rebecca.