The Past Perfect Continuous is another tense that expresses the "past in the past".
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In this lesson we look at the structure & use of the Past Perfect Continuous tense, followed by a quiz khổng lồ check your understanding.
cảnh báo that continuous tenses are also called progressive tenses. So the Past Perfect Continuous tense is sometimes called the Past Perfect Progressive sầu tense.
How bởi we make the Past Perfect Continuous tense?
The structure of the Past Perfect Continuous tense is:
subject | + | auxiliary have | + | auxiliary be | + | main verb |
conjugated in Past Simple | past participle | |||||
had | been | present participle |
The first auxiliary verb (have) is conjugated in the Past Simple, invariable: had
The second auxiliary verb (be) is invariable in past participle form: been
The main verb is invariable in present participle form: -ing
For negative sầu sentences we insert not after the first auxiliary verb.
For question sentences, we exchange the subject và the first auxiliary verb.
Look at these example sentences with the Past Perfect Continuous tense:
+ | I | had | been | working. | ||
+ | You | had | been | playing | tennis. | |
- | It | had | not | been | working | well. |
- | We | had | not | been | expecting | her. Xem thêm: Cách Định Giới Hạn Bản Vẽ Khung Bản Vẽ Trong Autocad Chuẩn, Vẽ Khung Bản Vẽ, Khung Tên Trong Autocad |
? | Had | you | been | drinking? | ||
? | Had | they | been | waiting | long? |
Contraction with Past Perfect Continuous
When we use the Past Perfect Continuous in speaking, we often contract the subject và the first auxiliary verb. We also sometimes do this in informal writing.
I had been | I"d been |
you had been | you"d been |
he had beenshe had beenit had been | he"d beenshe"d beenit"d been |
we had been | we"d been |
they had been | they"d been |
In negative sầu sentences, we may contract the first auxiliary verb và "not":
We hadn"t been living there long.They hadn"t been studying very hard.How do we use the Past Perfect Continuous tense?
The Past Perfect Continuous tense is lượt thích the Past Perfect tense, but it expresses longer actions in the past before another action in the past. For example:
Ram started waiting at 9am. I arrived at 11am. When I arrived, Ram had been waiting for two hours.past | present | future |
Ram starts waiting in past at 9am. | ||
9 | 11 |
Here are some more examples:
John was very tired. He had been running.I could smell cigarettes. Sometoàn thân had been smoking.Suddenly, my car broke down. I was not surprised. It had not been running well for a long time.Had the pilot been drinking before the crash?You can sometimes think of the Past Perfect Continuous tense like the Present Perfect Continuous tense, but instead of the time being now the time is before.
havebeendoing→ | |||
hadbeendoing→ | |||
past | present | future |
For example, imagine that you meet Ram at 11am. Ram says khổng lồ you:
"I am angry. I have been waiting for two hours."Later, you tell your friends:
"Ram was angry. He had been waiting for two hours."Past Perfect Continuous QuizPast Perfect Continuous games
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