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About This Resource
This B1–B2 resource develops had been + verb-ing for activities continuing before a past reference point. It focuses on duration, ongoing background, repeated activity, and past evidence or conditions, while reinforcing the full auxiliary chain.
What You’ll Learn
• Form the past perfect continuous with had been + verb-ing.
• Use it for activities continuing up to a later past time.
• Express prior duration and repeated activity clearly.
• Contrast ongoing past activity with past-perfect simple completion or result.
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