2. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
TENSE
each tenses perfect continuous contains is
meaning,still happened.
explain for sometime activity that after and
happending past time.In the “past “ always verb
two ( V2) is HAD,
The type one is Have / Has.Where , in the
“perfect”always verb three(V 3) from be(tobe) Is
Been.and then “continuous’always verb ing(V
ing).
Example:I had been sleeping all day
3. FORMULA PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS TENSE
TYPE POSITIF
( Subject + had +been +ving)
EXAMPLE:
I had been playing tennis for ten minutes
when she came.
Ali had been working for an hour when I left
They had been playing football.
4. 2.Ali had not been working for an hour when I left
3.They had not been playing football
Type interrogatif
(Had +subject +been +verb-ing +Object)
Example:
Had he been playing tennis for ten minutes
when she come.
5. Type negative sentence
subject+ had+ not+ been+verb-
ing+object
example:
1. He had not been playing tennis
for ten minutes when
6. Had Ali been working for an hour when I left ?
Had They been playing football?
Type interrogatif negatif sentence
(Had +subject +Not +been + V-ing + object )
Example:
Had Jhon and Merry not been loving each
other?
7. Remainder between past perfect continuous with past
continuous.
Past perfect continuous:
When I looked out the window ,It had been raining .And
Past continuous:(Subject +was/were +V-ing)
Rain was falling at the time I looked out the window.
8. Notes: can use to all subject,
Example:
I /WE / YOU / THEY
HE / SHE / IT
Adverb of time :
When ,Since ,For ,Befor,After,
