Engaging 11 Past Perfect SImple vs Past Perfect Continuous PPT

English 11 - past perfect simple e past perfect continuous

1. Past Perfect Simple
vs Past Perfect
Continuous

2. Let’s look at some examples of sentences in the Past
Perfect Simple:
§Before meeting Barack Obama, Mari Copeny had sent him a letter.
§Mitzi Tan argued that the Filipino government hadn’t built
evacuation centres to protect the population from natural disasters.
§Until Mitzi had an audience with President Rodrigo Duterte, had
she ever spoken to him?
Past Perfect Simple

3. Now let’s look at some examples of sentences in the
Past Perfect Continuous:
§Mari Copeny raised awareness to the water shortages that her
hometown had been experiencing.
§Mitzi Tan had been waiting her whole life for that opportunity.
§Had they been working the whole morning when I arrived?
Past Perfect Continuous

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