| Element | USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST |
|---|---|
| SuperCat | PAST |
| SubCat | past perfect continuous |
| Lexical Range | N/A |
| Level | B1 |
| Cando | Can use the past perfect continuous to talk about an action or event which began before a point in the past and was still continuing up to that point, often with 'for' or 'since', to give background information. |
| Corrected Learner Example | I know it very well because we had been exchanging letters for a long time. (Spain; B1 THRESHOLD; 2008; Spanish - European; Pass) She had been going there since she was ten years old. (Mexico; B1 THRESHOLD; 2003; Spanish - Latin American; Pass) He began to think about his own thoughts while he was smoking a cigarette (he had been smoking since he was a child, since he was 12), when suddenly the curtain moved. (Italy; B1 THRESHOLD; 2004; Italian; Pass) |
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| Comments | N/A |
