PAST PERFECT VS PAST PERFECT

PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS)

Past perfect Simple

Subject+ had + past participle +
complement
We use the past perfect simple with action verbs to
emphasise the completion of an event.

 I had worked on a shop

 I´d waited for an hour for the
bus (waiting is over)
 I had eaten an apple

Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous)

Subject+ had+ been+ VERB ing+
complement..
We use the past perfect continuous to show that an
event or action in the past was still continuing.
  I had been working on a shop
 I had been waiting an hour for
the bus (still waiting)
 I had been eating an apple

We don’t use the continuous form with some verbs

of mental process (know, like, understand, believe)
and verbs of the senses (hear, smell, taste)

We don’t use the continuous form with

actions that are completed at a single point in
time (start, stop):