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Narrative tenses
Tags: BBC, continuous aspect, past continuous, past perfect continuous, past perfect, past simple, past tense, perfect aspect, perfect continuous aspect, simple aspect, tenses, used to, verbs

Narrative tenses are used to describe events that happened in the past, and for telling stories.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-20/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-26/session-1

Past perfect continuous
Tags: BBC, past perfect continuous, past tense, perfect continuous aspect, tenses, verbs

The past perfect continuous, had + been + present participle, describes an action which started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-14/session-2/activity-3