1.We had been waiting the bus for an hour when the bus finally arrived. 2.He had been working for a long time at the supermarket when he became the manager 3.They had been spending the afternoon cooking when the dinner guests cancelled. Thank you so much 😁😁😁

@metasebiaseboka1347

Жыл бұрын

They had been cooking all afternoon when guests cancelled their arrival.

The difference between these two tenses is really subtle but thanks to this lesson I have understood it well. Thank you

Thank you teacher Emma for your time and effort informing and educating us. I've learned a lot from this video. ❤️

Thank you for providing me with all the knowledge and moral support I need to be able to face my future You will always be my best teacher.

Always love your lessons, Emma. Thank you especially at the point 8:00.

So wonderful, so fascinating, stimulating and your teaching is so beneficial. Thanks EMMA

You explain very well throughout your lessons. Thanks Emma

I had been preparing for my assignment when a friend of mine texted me a message.

You're just amazing teacher. I've never been bored while I'm watching you. Cheers and keep going :)

I had been listening to my university lecture when I realised that I still didn't know the difference between active and passive voice. I had been watching Emma teach me about active and passive voice when I saw a video about how to use past perfect tenses in the suggested videos.

I really appreciate this lesson. I needed it. Thank you Vanessa!

Wow. Emma, you're an amazing teacher! Could you please make videos on all tenses, parts of speech and indirect speech etc?

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@heeralalbaghel4080

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there ! Emma , would you mind taking the old look back.

@heeralalbaghel4080

3 жыл бұрын

BTW your content is amazing. I wanna know more about tenses

@madelincarrenoduarte3317

3 жыл бұрын

It's so cute and attractive 😉

@aditimahanti2508

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing look Emma! This was an Incredible lesson...

@davesmith6436

3 жыл бұрын

It looks very unusually! I was so astonished!

😊Hi Emma! ☺ There are mini quiz answers 1. We had been waiting the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived 2. He had been working at the supermarket for a long time when one day she became the manger Thank you for sharing this video💕😊 Really useful 💞💞👏

Hi ma'am I'm so thankful that i found your channel it's so helpful. Now i understand what is the past perfect continuous. I hope you will make a lot of videos like this for those people who can not understand english well.

so wonderful,so facinating,stimulating and your teaching is so beneficial. Thanks Emma

Hi, Emma! Another great job you did. You're truly an amazing English teacher I've ever known.

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Nice! Past perfect is a tricky one because we don't use it too often and I often find that when people learn it, they overuse it. However, your explanation is very clear.

I'd been longing for a clear explanation of past tenses when I bumped into this lesson thanks ma'am❤❤❤

This is great! Thanks for making it more a lot easier to understand 🤩

@mmmEnglish_Emma

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Thank you Emma, I had been straggling with these tenses for a long time.

@mmmEnglish_Emma

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 🧡

I had been looking forward to seeing on line when you were absent. I really missed you with your best videos lessons. I had been familiar with your attractive teaching method. so I could not learn english without your helpful lessons. thank you so much. great to see you again on live videos. May God bless and protect you Emma, my lovely teacher.

@metasebiaseboka1347

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@msonerv1860

3 ай бұрын

'' I had been seeing''. You can't contract stative verbs. I think so 😂

your efforts really admire me to speak with confident and made me clear in each step that i have taken to speak

Things are more clear for me with this lesson, thank you so much

You are the best teacher I've ever seen in my life ❤️♥️

@mrityunjayjoshi9603

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you on this.

@MyWissam

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, and my life has been long already.

@user-vg7tw8nx3j

3 жыл бұрын

And she is very beautiful too!

@mukabdsan007

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%

@jacksonmwale4345

3 жыл бұрын

She is the best

Thank you very much for this brilliant lesson. I worked before onboard an ocean liner ship, but I forget a lot already, and now I decided to refresh my knowledge :)

@gabrielpaes1634

2 жыл бұрын

17️, 17 fica Juliette 17, 17 fica Juliette!!!!!!!!!! Bolsonaro é Suuuuul Bolsonaro é Nooooooordeste fica Juliette! Fica, JU-LI-ETTE!!!!!!!!!! 😎 👉👉

I'd been longing for a clear explanation of past tenses when I bumped into this lesson❤️😊 thanks ma'am

@user-xf7bm3kp6d

Жыл бұрын

He had been working at the supermarket for a long time, when he one day became the manger.

@jessicas.moubayed3804

10 ай бұрын

I had been watching the video for few minutes to learn new things I had prepared a dough for one hour to eat the dessert

This video is excellent . Thank you so much for your awesome work ! Keep rocking !

I'm gonna leave my examples below: 1. I had been studying grammar when I received an MmmEnglish notification on KZread . (Lucky me) 2. We had been saving money for our trip when we found out very cheap tickets to Thai. 3. She had been practicing Spanish when she got the chance to work in Cartagena. 4. They had been waiting for the president but he didn't show up for the meeting. 5. We had been watching Anne With An E when the power ran out. Emma, I can't thank you enough! It has been a pleasure learning sooo many things with you and for free! I'm nt able to pass up an opportunity for saying how much grateful I'm to you! You are stunning!

I think we should emphasize the meaning of each 'have' and 'past participle' in order to understand and use the past perfect tense. The EMPHASIS of the PRESENT STATE is the whole nuance that you should get from the perfect tense.

I have been watching all your videos, one after the other, and I LOVE them! Thank you for such helpful and joyful tips! Greetings from Brazil!

@mmmEnglish_Emma

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your sweet words, Cecilia! 🥰

This teacher is so beautiful and polite that it makes me thrilled to pay attention to this helpful video. She presents a great content at the right pace too.

Great tips! Choosing the correct past tense can be a challenge for many learners!

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

It really is!

I had been having my evening coffee when the notification of Emma’s lesson received me.😘

@1953emo

3 жыл бұрын

hello sachini ,let me correct you: ...when I received the notification of Emma's lesson, or ...when the notification of Emma's lesson caught me. :)

@sachiniramasinghe9678

3 жыл бұрын

@@1953emo thank you very much 🙏

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

@@1953emo perfect! The first example is probably the most natural 🙂

thank you teacher, I study English in my university in the Egypt and I've never understand this tenses before so thank u again and I hope you enjoy with ur time

On of the best explanations I've ever spotted on KZread! Thank you so much!

I did not study English in school, but I learned it with you in these wonderful videos, thank you very much❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

🤩🤩🤩

@mohamednbavlog6574

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmmEnglish_Emma ♥️🙏🙏😘

@gabrielpaes1634

2 жыл бұрын

17️, 17 fica Juliette 17, 17 fica Juliette!!!!!!!!!! Bolsonaro é Suuuuul Bolsonaro é Nooooooordeste fica Juliette! Fica, JU-LI-ETTE!!!!!!!!!! 😎 👉👉

@saimamuqeet4242

Жыл бұрын

I see that ur a Pakistani, well so am I...!!! 🇵🇰 💚🤍

The accent beatifull, i still learning english, for explanation was perfect.

thank you million Emma your lesson is fantastic as usually 💙💙

@mmmEnglish_Emma

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

Hello maam! Thank you very much for all your grammar lessons. I've learned a lot from you.

Wow Emma, what's unusual background you have!!! I've been watching you since 2017 and of course, I'm accustomed to your old design already but now... I'm so surprised! You might've bought a new camera to record 4K video (Ultra HD), it's available nowadays. As it always, I'm extremely delighted to meet you again in this year, I was so missing you all this time! It seemed to me, that was almost perpetuity without you! Let's get started with new year ASAP! Thanks so much, my lovely lovely teacher! A lot of love, see you in there!

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

It's great to see you again Dave! It's not a new camera, but I do have an amazing new editor - she's helping me to get a little more creative with my lessons! 😍

@davesmith6436

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmmEnglish_Emma I'm very glad for you, Emma! Your new editor is really excellent, that's so obviously! The quality of video has grown up suddenly, it actually becomes more creative! As I hope, your amazing channel can conquer much more new fans with such a creative approach! Let it be so! I did love it! I want you to save this design further, in this year at least. I'll be faithful to you anyway, I'm just fond of your English speech, your smiling, positive feelings and so on! It doesn't matter what's the lesson about whether it's grammar or vocabulary one. I'm always interested in that, it's a fact! And I'd like to thank you for your feedback to me, for your answers! It's such an exciting feeling when I'm communicating with a real native, it's so important for me, thanks so much! I realize my writing 'n' speaking skills are getting better and language understanding is enhancing every day! Thanks a lot! Lots of love! Best wishes!

I was checking out your channel from time to time to see if you have uploaded something new, once I got a notification today, I felt happy that you are finally here. Keep your featured work up, Don't get absent again :)

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ebtsam! I promise I'll let you know next time I'm taking a break 🙂

I had been practicing B2 exercises on a website when I decided to watch a lesson explaining these narrative forms, so it's something new for me

1. We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived. 2. He had worked at the supermarket for a long time before one day he became the manager. 3. They had been spending the whole afternoon cooking when the gust cancelled. Thanks for the lesson.

Hi Emma! Thank you very much for your videos. They are very interesting and clear. I understood your explanation but when I was thinking about the examples, I had a doubt. What would be the difference between "I was riding my bike when I saw my friend" and "Í´d been riding my bike when I saw my friend"? In both sentences, the action is in progress at some point in the past (riding) and in both sentences, the action was interrupted by another action in the past. Thank you very much!!

@atomsandhormones

2 жыл бұрын

I have the same doubt 😩

@thalisoncarlos8900

Жыл бұрын

I think that with past perfect progressive the action didn't finish yet, It was iterrupeted, but proplably will continue after.

First of all, let me thank you for this awesome demonstration! Here are my answers to the quiz: 1.We'd been waiting the bus for an hour when it arrived. 2.He'd been working at the supermarket for a long time when / before he became the manager. 3.They'd been cooking all the afternoon when the dinner guests cancelled.

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant work!

@alissongarcia4594

2 жыл бұрын

In number 2, isn’t it “he had worked……” because it seems to be like he thought that would be his career BEFORE he becomes the manager.

@MissBabalu102

11 ай бұрын

@@alissongarcia4594 Yes, maybe a small difference, like she said, but He'd been working just sounds smother and easier. And we don't know if he thought of it as his career.

I appreciate you about the wonderful explanation for this topic. Here are my answers for the mini quiz: we had been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived. He had been working at the supermarket when one day he became the manager. They had been spending the afternoon cooking when the dinner guests cancelled.

1. I had been studying English when my mom asked me for a help. 2. She had been working when her friend had an emergency. 3. My dad had been sleeping when I called him. 4. I had been chatting with a friend when she arrived to my house. Thanks a lot. This lessons are really useful!

I can clearly see the reason why it took so long for this video. Animation, the picture quality.....all are mind blowing.

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mohit! That.. and I was finally spending time with my family :)

@sayalimurkute7675

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmmEnglish_Emma Ooh....No I understood why you uploaded your videos so late..... Anyways ,. spending time with family is essential ....I hope you have enjoyed with your family...

@husseinahmedhalane2629

3 жыл бұрын

@@sayalimurkute7675 to tegister . The contacts

I had been studying english in this channel when i washed my family's cloth

I had been struggling with my grammar lesson till when I found you. I had been playing tennis when it started to rain. I had been studying when I had to eat.

You are the best teacher i have ever seen. Thank you so much.

@mmmEnglish_Emma

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🥰

I had been traveling in India when the pandemic started

Is it correct? We had been waiting for the bus for an jour when the bus finally arrived. Thank you Emma for everything 🥰

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, well done!

@gabrielpaes1634

2 жыл бұрын

17️, 17 fica Juliette 17, 17 fica Juliette!!!!!!!!!! Bolsonaro é Suuuuul Bolsonaro é Nooooooordeste fica Juliette! Fica, JU-LI-ETTE!!!!!!!!!! 😎 👉👉

1 we`d been waiting for the bus for an hour until the bys finally arrived 2 he had been working at the suprmatkt for a long time , but one day he became the manager . 3 they had been spending all after noon cooking , and sadly the guests dinned cancelled . i hope the sentences are correct . thank you so much Emma .

It was awesome, thank you 💛

Hey Emma, I am over the moon and top of the world to see my banging fluency coach again. I missed you and your videos and now I am fired up and ready to improve my English this year with you Emma. I love you teaching methodology. You are the best Emma:)

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Hazmath! It's good to be back!

We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived.

@rahmamustafa9159

2 жыл бұрын

It's wrong cause u r not waiting anymore when the bus arrived u stopped waiting so it's not in progress

@tripolilibya8209

2 жыл бұрын

@@rahmamustafa9159 that's why I had used past perfect continuous

@rahmamustafa9159

2 жыл бұрын

@@tripolilibya8209 thanks a lot finally I got it ❤

@davidtsoi8614

2 жыл бұрын

@@rahmamustafa9159 Well,I have the same point as yours.The action of waiting should be stopped when the bus arrived.Could you explain why the sentence should be used past perfect continuous?

@ronrixlante5586

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidtsoi8614 you shouldn't really necessarily use past perfect continuous because it's just for reference. I mean, you could actually use past continous if you want to, like "we had waited for the bus for an hour, when finally the bus arrived". Also, if i comprehend it completely, emma said, past perfect continuous is not really commonly used in the spoken language, since it's quite formal.

Excellent the lesson and the way it is explained .

You speak English clearly and greatfully,mam. You are the best teacher. From Philippines.

•We had been waiting for the bus for an hour, when Finally the bus arrived. •He had been working at the Supermarket for a longe time when one day he became the maneger. •They had spent the afternoon cooking when the dinner guest cancelled.

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

👌👌👌 Exceptional!

@mariacebrecos303

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmmEnglish_Emma Yes, except for some little orthographic mistakes as Finally and Supermarket, written with the uppercase letter when they aren't at the beginning of a sentence, a longe time instead a long time, and maneger instead of manager.

@franciscohelio

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariacebrecos303 Yes, I agree with you Maria, but I wrote by My Cellphone and It doesn't have an app that correct the letters. I Hope you you understand me. Bye My friend.

@mariacebrecos303

3 жыл бұрын

@@franciscohelio I understand you. My criticisms are constructive. Also, I advise you to use Grammarly, which is a good free correction instrument. Download the app and try it. You can use it on both your computer and your mobile phone. Cheers.

@franciscohelio

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariacebrecos303 Great My friend, Thank you by advise. I'll never forget this, have a nice weekend and be safe.

We had been waiting the bus for an hour when it finally arrived

My sister'd been doing the chores when my parents came back home. I'd been studying English when my mom interrupted me I'd been waiting for a new MmmEnglish video when Emma updated a new english lesson. Activity • We'd been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus finally arrived. • He'd been working at the supermarket for a long time when one day he became the manager. • They'd been spending the afternoon cooking when the dinner guests canceled.

I have learnt a lot with you. THANKS!

Hello Emma! Thanks for this marvelous lesson (I loved the color pink BTW). However, I still find confusing the differences between the past perfect continuous and PAST CONTINUOUS. If I say: I was riding my bike when I saw Paul, and I had been riding my bike when I saw Paul, is there any difference? Thanks again!

@mohamedyasbah5622

2 жыл бұрын

hi emma ,your explaining way is very simple and I have understood very well . you make learning easy . i hope that my comment is right ......,

@Juniorsaxplayer

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Manuela! She didn't answer your question, but I WILL do. There's absolutely NO difference. The only thing is that when the past cuntinuous is used it sounds a lot more natural and informal. (BTW - I'm an English teacher too.)

@iconic_skin634

2 жыл бұрын

There is a big difference First of the first sentence of your mean that you were riding bike but when you saw Paul ,you stop doing that action

@iconic_skin634

2 жыл бұрын

In your second action u saw paul but you are still in action of ridding a bike Hope it help you to understand 😊

We'd been waiting for the bus for an hour, finally the bus arrived . He'd been woking at the supermarket for a long time, one day he became the manager

We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived

WHAT A beautiful teacher!

I had been waiting for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived. He had been working in the supermarket for a long time when he became the manager.

@user-fo2vr5qz2l

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, i really liked your examples, thanks, i hope he become a director

@jasperchavez4239

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-fo2vr5qz2l *he becomes

@user-fo2vr5qz2l

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasperchavez4239 thank you🤗, idk how I made such a simple mistake🤦 (but I'll practice more)

We'd been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived

Thank you very much for your videos, Emma. You're one of the best teachers I've ever studied with.❤❤❤ We'd been waiting for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived. He'd been working at the supermarket for a long time when one day he became the manager. They'd spent the afternoon cooking when the dinner guest canceled.

1 we'd been waiting for the bus for an hour when finally the bus arrived. 2 he'd been working at the supermarket for a long time when one day he became Manger. 3 they had been spending the afternoon cooking when the dinner guests canceled. Thanks a lot for your great teaching. 😍

is that coincident that you uploaded video on my bday with new look

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

Happy belated birthday! 🎉

I had been watching this perfect video, when I understood something.😂❤

I had been watching this video when a sent it to my english class group in the whatsapp. Excelent explanation 👏

We’d been searching KZread when noticed this delightful English’s channel ❤️ / I had been subscribing this channel when my phone suddenly rang up. / I had been looking for any information about different past perfect tense and past perfect continuous when I bumped this channel / I had done one ordering when I got another one / when the rain had finally finished we walked

1: We had been waiting for the bus for an hour before it arrived. 2. He had been working at the supermarket for a long time before he became the manager.

@ijm62able

2 жыл бұрын

We had been waiting for the bus an hour when finally the bus arrived

1. We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus finally arrived. Just wanna ask, what is the difference between the two sentences below? 1. She was working in the garden when it started to rain. 2. She had been working in the garden when it started to rain.

@loubana

3 жыл бұрын

I think we have to use “was” when the something is finished and completed, but in this sentence we see that it’s still continuing ( it started to rain )

@princessnoa10

Жыл бұрын

hi, I come from 2 years later and try to answer your questions in case you are still wondering. but probably not hehe. and I'm sorry if my grammar not perfect, I'm still learning it. the first question means she was in a process doing an activity in the past (which was working in the garden) when suddenly interrupted by another event (which was rain falling) the second question means she was doing an activity for some period of time in the past, then she stopped (or not continued her previous activity) and another event happened. so the rain was not interrupted her first activity. I got a similar lesson from other teacher about this tenses. I hope I explained it well and not gave a misinformation. If I got it wrong, kindly correct me.

I saw many videos about this subject and this one is clearly the best one, thanks a lot !

very useful lessons and amazing teacher thank you dear 💖

We had been waiting for the bus for an hour. When Finally the bus arrived

We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus arrived.

Thank you, Ms. Emma. I think my sentence for example is: I had been walking outside when it started storming. (Please help my son correct this sentence if there is something wrong. He does your homework after this lesson. He loves learning English with you. Thank you)

This is my example of a sentence: I had been studying English since 5 p.m when I realised that I didn't have lunch.

Great class, thanks! Brazilian students: lancei aula nova com explicação em português, e tem playlists organizadas pra estudo no canal e dicas nas redes pra quem quiser estudar de graça :) Agradeço o apoio.

They spent a whole time cooking, but the dinner guests had cancelled.

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

You're right, 'spend' (in this context) can't be sued in the continuous tense. You can say: They had spent the whole afternoon cooking when the dinner guests cancelled.

Perfectly explained!!

Thank you, Emma. As usual, it was a great lesson. Though, I have a question for you. I came across a debate about the English perfect tenses relating to the following sentence: The late Dr Francis was a compassionate doctor who __________ his life to helping the poor. The infinitive in question is, of course, 'to dedicate'. Could you present your take on this? The answers I have come across on the web suggest each of the following tenses: past simple, past perfect, and even present perfect, are correct depending on an interpretation.

I hadn’t been sleeping for 3 nights when The smoke detector beeped.

- they had been spending the afternoon cooking. - when the dinner guests cancalled. -I had been waiting for the bus for an hour. -when finally the bus arrived.

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus finally arrived. ✅ They had spent the whole afternoon cooking when the dinner guests cancelled. ✅ (spend is a stative verb so it cannot be used in the continuous tense)

@andreilima2288

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmmEnglish_Emma hey, how can we know whether a verb is stative or refers to an action?

@mikhail_averyanov

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmmEnglish_Emma Emma tell me please why here "spending": Spending my time Watching the days go by it's Roxette song

@ismaelmabad3972

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmmEnglish_Emma could you explain the(stative verb)please?

I had been watching the video of mmmEnglish when my mom called me. Thank you for everything!!

A great video. Thank you! ❤

We had been waiting for the bus for an hour when the bus arrived

We'd been waiting for the Bus for over an hour when the bus finally arrived.

Hello Emma, I was watching your video when the internet is down! But now I got it!

If I could, able to get your videos earlier during my schooling, I would never fail in English for sure.

I had been helping my mom in the kitchen when the bell rang.

@mmmEnglish_Emma

3 жыл бұрын

🤩

@misaelcalderon644

3 жыл бұрын

can it also be like: “i was helping my mom in the kitchen when the bell rang” ????????????

@Dany-gf9zu

3 жыл бұрын

@@misaelcalderon644 thats what I thaught too

@Latika491

3 жыл бұрын

It's not a very natural sentence. It would be more natural to say: I had been helping my mom for two hours when the bell rang

Past Perfect Continuous Tense : Shrish had been running until he saw his father. Negative : Sorry, Shrish hadn't been running because he was jumping.

@user-fo2vr5qz2l

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting story, and perhaps shrish was afraid of his father a little.)

I had been studying my perfect tenses grammar when I found a nice Emma's video lesson. Thank you really helpful. Done click subscribe button. Salam from Majenang.

I love your lessons. Thank you so much madam.