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    Which tense /help

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    Which tense /help
    Message from mililia19 posted on 03-04-2013 at 21:23:37 (D | E | F)
    Hello

    Please help me to find the difference :
    I had cooked
    I had been cooking

    I have written
    I have been writing

    I know that it's about the present perfect,the present perfect continuous,the past perfect,the past perfect continuous.
    But I cannot find the difference between those tenses.
    Thanks in advance for helping me

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    Edited by lucile83 on 03-04-2013 21:26


    Re: Which tense /help from gerondif, posted on 03-04-2013 at 21:32:44 (D | E)
    Hello,
    I had cooked when he came home, so everything was ready and he was happy: He didn't have to shout at me !!

    I had been cooking all evening when he arrived so I felt rather tired and didn't feel like chatting.

    I have written to the insurance, they will take care of the problem.
    I have been writing for two hours, I need a rest.


    Can you feel the difference in meaning ?



    Re: Which tense /help from mililia19, posted on 03-04-2013 at 21:38:18 (D | E)
    Hello
    Thank you so much, it's a very good method. I like it and I can make the difference now.
    That's brilliant sir

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    Edited by lucile83 on 03-04-2013 21:44



    Re: Which tense /help from gerondif, posted on 03-04-2013 at 21:49:43 (D | E)
    No, just logical.





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