To make the past perfect continuous tense we use: had / "hadn't been" + "ing" form of the main verb. For example: I You He / She / It We Theyhad (or: I'd / She'd / They'd, etc)beenlyingin the sun for hours. hadn't(had not) ...
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3. Past Perfect This tense form applies to events that began at a time preceding a period in the past: “They had agreed with us.” “They had not agreed with us.” “Had they agreed with us?” 4. Past Perfect Progressive (or Past Perfect Continuous) Sentences with this tense form d...
1.The past perfect continuous is composed of two elements -the past perfect of the verb to be (=had been )+the present participle (base +ing) Examples :I had been walking. She had been trying. We hadn’t been sleeping Had you been eating ? Hadn’t they been living? 2.Past perfect...
动词的时态可以从两个维度来说。从时间的维度来说有Present(现在)、Past(过去)和Future(将来)三种;从动作的持续性来说有Simple(一般)、Continuous(进行)、Perfect(完成)和Perfect Continuous(完成进行)四种。 因此,两个维度交叉后,在英语中,动词就会以12种时态呈现出来: ...
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Examples: Past perfect questionsHad the bus left by the time you arrived? Had you met Peter before last night? To ask a question with a wh-word (an interrogative adverb like “when” or interrogative pronoun like “what”), follow the same order as above and add the adverb or pronoun ...
Here is an example of the forms of the verb ‘work’ in the Past Perfect Continuous: AffirmativeNegativeInterrogative I had been working.I had not been working.Had I been working? You had been working.You had not been working.Had you been working?
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I hope this past perfect continuous tense lesson helps you achieve perfect grammar. It’s one of the 12 verb tenses that expresses “the past in the past.” I know it sounds confusing at first, but it’s a simple concept once you understand it. ...