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She is best teacher in explaining the difference between past simple and present perfect

Everything is on point, but to me Past Perfect Continuous seems rather as an ongoing action in the past, not finished.

Example:
-- I had been advertising for months before I got a first customer.
(Here I've got the feeling that the action of advertising was still ongoing at the moment of getting the first customer)
-- I had advertised for months before I got a first customer
(In this sentence, it seems to me that the action of advertising was finished before the moment of getting the first customer)

Shouldn't be Past Perfect simple used for description of the action that continued for some time in the past and finished before another action in the past?

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I was writing a letter for my mom at noon.
We were playing cricket in the field .
You were reading gothic novel.
They were having their lunch at 1:30 pm.
She was drawing a dog's picture .
He was typing on the phone to her wife .
My mom had been cooking chicken since morning .
I had been bathing for 5 hours .
She had been drawing a picture since evening .

We can't use verb to be in the past continuous because it si a stative verb

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7/8, the first question I got wrong.

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Hi Arnel. I really enjoy learning English with you. All lessons are always clear and useful. You explain everything and make English as simple as possible ... For very long time I had been struggling with tenses, ( I'm not saying I don't make mistakes now ) but now I understood their structures and know what tense has to be used... Thank you. I know my English improves with every video and I feel more confident. You are the best !!

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@Arnel, can we use past perfect and past perfect continuous in the same sentence?

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Pls make a video on the difference between the present participle and gerund

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It had been raining when I was outside,so I came back home sick! I got a 6/8

Hi, Arnel! thank you so much! ^^

I go 7 out of 8. No. 5 - that confused me a bit. Thought lending the laptop was a result of "not-using-it-for-some-time: ;-))

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when we use because i think we should use past perfect cont ,doesn't it? why here we use past continuous with because , could you please clarify why we use both tenses with because

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7/8 almost perfect! Thanks for the lesson

I just got 8/10. I made two mistakes on past progressive.

I had been waiting for months before I got my passport.
It was flooding so I used my boat as my transportation.

She had been sleeping for hours when I got back from school.

Thank you Arnel, your classes help me a lot!!! I did 8 of 8 🤩

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