¿Cuál es la diferencia entre i was playing tennis for an hour y i had been playing tennis for an hour ?Puedes dar oraciones como ejemplo.

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Ok, so the use of the past perfect tense (I had been) technically the past perfect continuous is kind of tough for English learners, but I’ll try to explain.
-Continuous/Progressive = I am cooking
-Past continuous/progressive = I was cooking
-Past perfect continuous = I had been cooking

One of the uses of the past perfect is with interrupting clauses. For example:
-What were you doing last night?
-Last night I was playing tennis with a friend.

-Last night I had been been playing tennis when all of a sudden I heard an ambulance approaching. (Interrupting clause in the past simple)

It’s really hard to explain, but just just be aware that a lot of native speakers incorrectly use the past simple when it should be the past perfect (in casual/colloquial spoken English)

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thank you for answering my question.

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