Past perfect continuous:
The past perfect continuous is used to talk about:
Something that started in the past and continued up to a certain point in the past
The jo u rn a lis ts had been w aiting fo r over an
The Beatles had been playing together for
hour by the tim e the President arrived at the
years before they became famous,
palace.
Used to: Used to is used to talk about:
Past states and habits
The Spanish Royal fam ily used to be more
removed from public life than they are at
present.
Dickinson used to w ork in a departm ent store
before he became the owner of a fashion
chain in Australia.
Note: In the negative and question form , used to becomes use to.
Would: Would is used to talk about:
The typical activities of a person or people in the past. It should be used fo r repeated actions and not
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