Past Perfect Continuous
Вопрос
Вопрос в Past Perfect Continuous образуется с помощью had.
1. Поставьте на первое место had (если вопрос начинается с вопросительного слова, то had идёт после него);
2. Потом I/we/you/they/he/she/it или существительное в единственном или во множественном числе;
3. been;
4. К глаголу добавить окончание -ing;
5. Остальные слова.
Утверждение
Past Perfect Continuous указывает на действие, которое началось в прошлом, продолжалось в течение некоторого времени и либо закончилось непосредственно перед неким моментом в прошлом или все еще не закончилось к какому-то моменту в прошлом.
⇒ Чтобы составить утвердительное предложение, необходимо:
1.Поставить на первое место I/we/you/they/he/she/it или существительное в единственном или множественном числе;
2. had;
3. been;
4. К глаголу добавить окончание -ing;
5. Остальные слова.
Отрицание
Для отрицания в Past Perfect Continuous используют had not (hadn’t).
⇒ Чтобы составить отрицательное предложение, необходимо:
1.Поставить на первое место I/we/you/they/he/she/it или существительное в единственном или множественном числе;
2. had not/hadn’t;
3. been;
4. К глаголу добавить окончание -ing;
5. Остальные слова.
Примеры использования Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been reading -
- What had they been saying? -
- He hadn't been listening. -
- They'd been arguing. -
- He'd been sleeping. -
- I had been running in circles. -
- Had I been dreaming? -
- He had been walking in a circle. -
- She had been waiting by the entrance. -
- She had been looking at the view. -
- He'd been expecting this day. -
- We'd been walking all day. -
- She had been neglecting him. -
- How long had he been running? -
- Had he been cheating? -
- I had been studying -
- Jennifer had not been listening. -
- What had we been thinking? -
- Had she been crying? -
- They had been singing hymns. -
- Had I been screaming? -
- Had I been drinking? -
- He had been following her. -
- How long had she been sleeping? -
- Pete had been waiting for that question. -
- She had been looking for him. -
- Had he been listening? -
- She had been reading the book. -
- He hadn't been joking. -
- They had been complaining for some time -
- It had been protecting me. -
- What had you been doing? -
- Dad hadn't been listening. -
- The forest had been burning. -
- What had they been talking about? -
- You had been trying for a while. -
- He had been shouting at me. -
- She'd been dreaming. -
- He had been defending me. -
- I hadn't been listening. -
- How long had they been walking? -
- How long had she been watching? -
- What had I been doing? -
- Betty had been reading about that case! -
- He'd been crying. -
- He'd been working on it. -
- We'd been talking for a while. -
- He had been walking some time. -
- What had she been doing? -
- He had been hiding behind a bush. -