2017-11-30
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(The Past Perfect Continuous Tense)
Past Perfect Continuous образуется с помощью формы Past Perfect вспомогательного глагола to be (в форме had been) и Participle I смыслового глагола. Past Perfect Continuous на русский язык переводится глаголом в прошедшем времени в совершенном или несовершенном виде.
| Утвердительная форма | Вопросительная форма | Отрицательная форма |
| I had been asking, writing. | Had I been asking, writing? | I had not (hadn't) been asking, writing. |
| He (she, it) had been asking, writing. | Had he (she, it) been asking, writing? | He (she, it) had not (hadn't) been asking, writing. |
| We (you, they) had been asking, writing. | Had we (you, they) been asking, writing? | We (you, they) had not (hadn't) been asking, writing. |
Глагол в Past Perfect Continuous обозначает действие, которое началось в прошлом, длилось определенный период времени до какого-то момента в прошлом и, возможно, продолжалось далее. Этот момент времени обозначается точным указанием времени с предлогом by (by 1999, by the end of the last year) или другим действием в составе придаточного предложения.
By 1999 I had been working here for 5 years. – К 1999 году я проработал здесь уже 5 лет.
When my friend came, I had been working in the laboratory for an hour. – Когда мой друг пришел, я уже час работал в лаборатории.
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Exercises
Put the verb in brackets into Past Perfect Continuous.
1. Clouds (gather) all day and now rain came down in sheets. 2. "I'm coming all right", said Mr Dilinger, who (shiver) for the last ten minutes. 3. I realized that he had come away with me in order to discuss once more what he already (discuss) for hours with his sister-in-law. 4. I slowly released a breath and only then realized that I (hold) it for some time.
Put the verb in brackets into Past Indefinite, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.
1. When I (leave) home, the snow already (stop). 2. It (be) 6 p.m. and Jack (be) tired because he (work) hard all day. 3. He clearly (listen) to our conversation and I (wonder) how much he (hear). 4. She (say) she (teach) at this school for twenty years. 5. He (say) he just (finish) the book he (read) all this time. 6. The postman (come) after lunch and (bring) me a letter which I (expect) for a long time. 7. It (rain) since the morning, and the fields (be) quite muddy.
Put the verb in brackets into Past Indefinite, Past Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous.
1. When I (get) home that evening, my little son (eat) dinner himself for the first time. 2. My sister's wedding (be) the only thing anybody (talk) at home for the last two weeks. 3. They (go) back to the hotel and up to their suite, where they (expect) the inspector at six-thirty. 4. Presently he (turn) to look at the corner where she (stand). 5. Scarlett, who (fan) herself with a turkey-tall fan, (stop) abruptly. 6. He just (leave) for the airport when I (call). 7. "Who are you thinking of?", he (ask) after he (look) at me for a few seconds. 8. They (stand) in the open front doorway, waiting for her to come in out of the rain. 9. Their daughter (not / say) where she (sleep) and she (have) a curiously looking box in her hands.
