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    The past perfect progressive tense describes an action that began in the past and continued up until another time in the past. It is formed using "had been" plus the present participle (root + -ing) of the verb. Examples show actions like "playing", "riding", and "dying" in the past perfect progressive form. The tense is used to refer to an ongoing action that was interrupted by a second action occurring entirely in the past.

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    The past perfect progressive tense describes an action that began in the past and continued up until another time in the past. It is formed using "had been" plus the present participle (root + -ing) of the verb. Examples show actions like "playing", "riding", and "dying" in the past perfect progressive form. The tense is used to refer to an ongoing action that was interrupted by a second action occurring entirely in the past.

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    What Is Past Perfect Progressive Tense

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    The past perfect progressive tense describes an action that began in the past and continued up until another time in the past. It is formed using "had been" plus the present participle (root + -ing) of the verb. Examples show actions like "playing", "riding", and "dying" in the past perfect progressive form. The tense is used to refer to an ongoing action that was interrupted by a second action occurring entirely in the past.

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    PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

    WHAT IS PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE


     The past perfect progressive tense shows that an action that started in the past
    continued up until another time in the past. The past perfect continuous tense is
    constructed using had been + the verb's present participle (root + -ing).
    EXAMPLES:
    PLAY-PLAYING
    RIDE-RIDING
    DIE-DYING
    BEGIN-BEGINNING

    MORE UNDERSTANDING
    1. The past perfect progressive, to refer to the action that was in process
    2. The past simple to refer to the action that happened after the first action

    EXAMPLES:
    1. Ben had been working for three hours when Rachel came home.
    2. By the time Sam found an umbrella, it had been raining for ten minutes.

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