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Intermediate - Past Perfect Continuous

Mercoledì, 02 Dicembre 2009
Example of past perfect continuous: Had you been swimming? Example of past perfect continuous: Had you been swimming? This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license

Lezione di grammatica inglese online per studenti di livello intermedio - Una spiegazione del Past Perfect Continuous.

Form

The Past Perfect Continuous is formed by had + been + -ing form.

Positive and negative

I / You

She / He / It

We / You / They

'd (had)

hadn't

been working.

Question

Had

I /You

She / He / It

We / You / They

been swimming?

Use

The Past Perfect Continuous is used to talk about continuous actions that began and finish in the past before another action in the past.

  • Susan was very tired. She had been running.
  • I'm angry. I have been waiting for two hours.
  • He said he wasn't tired because he hadn't been working that day.
  • Jason was tired because he had been jogging.
  • How long had you been studying Spanish before you moved to Madrid?
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