The present perfect continuous tense (have been waiting) indicates an action that started in the past and continues up to the present moment, while the past perfect continuous tense (had been waiting) indicates an action that started in the past and continued up to another point in the past, before which the action had already stopped.
Installieren Sie unsere Erweiterung an, um sofort in jedem Video zu suchen
Have Been Waiting vs Had Been Waiting #englishlearningHinzugefügt:
Have been waiting and had been waiting.
What's the difference? I have been waiting for 20 minutes.
I'm still waiting. I hope the taxi comes soon.
I had been waiting for 20 minutes before my friend picked me up. Right now, I'm home.
>> [clears throat] >> I'm not waiting anymore. So, have been waiting still happening now. Had been waiting happened before another past action. Make English tenses crystal clear. Check out our ebook. Link in the bio. See you next time. Peace.
Ähnliche Videos
basque influence uniquely different spanish
Davantsi
761 views•2026-05-31
How Brits Say British Pronunciation
MrBranicus
1K views•2026-05-30
🎵 A to Z Kids Song | Cute ABC Animation for Children
ABC_Little_Heros
10K views•2026-05-30
Why Chinese, Persian, and Arabic All Call It the Same Thing #linguistics #etymology
what2tacobout
849 views•2026-06-03
Why Japanese Has No Future Tense – Learn Japanese
FixBrokenJapanese
779 views•2026-06-02
free cookie
onlyyoutubegame
855 views•2026-06-01
Real British Friends Catching Up: Natural English, Jokes & Everyday Conversation
TheBritishEnglishPodcast
151 views•2026-06-02
𝐈𝐀𝐂𝐄'𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮 శంఖారావం 𝟎𝟑-𝟎𝟔-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲 🔴 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄
iace-bestinstituteforcompetiti
820 views•2026-06-03
