Past perfect simple or past perfect continuous? I had worked or I had been working

In this lesson, learn the difference between the past perfect simple and the past perfect continuous. What is the difference between I had worked and I had been working? Learn the three different reasons for using the correct form. Improve your accuracy in using the English tenses to impress and improve.

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I've been watching your lessons and generally like it as you explain things clearly. For this one, I have a comment/suggestion when illustrating the difference between PPS and PPC. The example of PPS "I had work in sales BEFORE I graduated" is fine. But for PPC, I think using "when" is more appropriate than "after" as in "I had been working in sales WHEN I graduated". This clearly indicates the action (work) was still continuing WHEN (up until the day) I graduated. It sounds more "logical" to me.

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[veronicaperotti]

So to sum it up we use the simple past perfect to underline that the action is concluded and the progressive to underline that the past action was a habit at that time.

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[laxminanavare]

So the first answer is past perfect tense and second answer is past perfect continuous Your the best teacher Love you from India ❤❤❤

[joska]

I'd say:
had worked - finished or permanent event
had been working - continuing or temporary event

[elllllllle]

Thank you so much. The verb tense is very confusing, because my mother language Chinese mandarin there is no such thing; you don’t need to change verb tense and the Chinese grammar is super easy. So when it switch to English, I always need to think for a while when it comes to the verb tense. I think I need a bit more practices on this. Thanks a lot!!

[Cooogiyi]

I think the first sentence means that I worked and finished that work before I graduated and the second sentence means that I had been still working before I graduated, or it was temporarily not permanent to work? let me know if it is correct, thank you!

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[kattygc]

"I had been working in sales before I graduated"; for me that is the correct form because it was a temporary situation... Greetings and thanks a lot for the video

[sanjibganguli]

Respected Ma'am, being undisputedly the greatest grammarian of this generation across the globe, you are earnestly entreated with folded hands to let me know which of the following sentences is grammatically and semantically correct -The principal arrived and the meeting started (Make it a Complex sentence). My probable answers-(A) When the principal arrived, the meeting started (B) When the principal had arrived, the meeting started (C) The meeting started when the principal had arrived.Ma, am, do please let me know which of the above answers would be the most appropriate one, and explain the nuances.

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[cyysolivias]

i had worked that's mean the job has done.
i had been working that's mean the job is still continuing until now, right?
but if the job is permanent, it should be "had worked" but it's also still ongoing so do we use had worked or had been working?

[felipl]

Amazing explanation!
it is correct to use past perfect continuous with stative verbs?

EX. I had been felling a little frightened.

[kittykitty]

Clear, both actions happened before a main past event, however, the simple form is a finished action while the second refers to an action in progress, and we can also use it to describe a background situation, right? But why can I use LIVE in continuous form if it's a state verb? Thanks :)

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