I He She We You They | have been has been | working at this plant learning English looking for it waiting for them building this factory playing chess | for half an hour. for thee years. since 5 o’clock. since 1989. since I came here. since I have been here. |
Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous)
Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous) утворюється з допоміжного дієслова to be в Past Perfect та дієприкметника теперішньго часу основного дієслова. Дієслово в Past Perfect Continuous не змінюється за особами: I (he, she, it, we, you, they) had been playing.
Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous) виражає тривалу дію, яка почалася до якогось моменту в минулому і або продовжувалася в цей момент, або закінчилася безпосередньо перед ним. Час тривалості дії або її початок вказується так само, як і в реченнях з дієсловом у Present Perfect Continuous, але здебільшого час тривалості дії зазначається. He said he had been looking for his keys for an hour. – Він сказав, що годину шукав ключі.
З дієсловами, що не вживаються з часами групи Continuous, замість Past Perfect Continuous вживається Past Perfect: When we came to see Ann, she had been ill for five days.- Коли ми прийшли провідати Аню, вона вже п’ять днів хворіла.
стверджувальна форма | питальна форма | заперечувальна форма |
I had been playing. He/shehad been playing. Wehad been playing. Youhad been playing. Theyhad been playing. | Had I been playing? Hadhe/she been playing? Hadwebeen playing? Hadyoubeen playing? Hadtheybeen playing? | I had not been playing. He/she not had been playing. We not had been playing. You not had been playing. They not had been playing. |
THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENCE
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Make up five sentences from each table.
I He She We You They | had been | sleeping waiting for him working here looking for it living there | for an hour for 20 minutes for five years for 3 months | when he came. before she left. by that time. by 8 o’clock. |
I He She We You They | said thought wrote knew | that | I he she we you hey | had been | working there studying it reading staying here playing chess riding | for s long. time. since 1970. all day. for an hour. |
UNIT VII