past perfect progressive/continuous

1. ENGLISH
TOPIC :
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE/ CONTINUOUS
NAME : TARENJEET KAUR a/p RAGH BIR
SINGH
STUDENT ID : SD01-1504-001529
INTAKE : APRIL 15
LECTURE : MISS PHILO

2. What is the past perfect continuous tense :
• The Past perfect continuous tense is like past perfect
tense, but it expresses longer action in the past before another action in
the past. For example
• john was very tired. He had been running.
• I could smell cigarettes. Somebody had been smoking
you can sometimes think of the past perfect continuous tenses like the
present perfect continuous tense, but instead of the time being now the time is
past.
• “I am angry. I have been waiting for two hours.”
• “Rohat was angry. She had been waiting for two
hours.” present.”

3. subject Auxiliary
verb
Auxiliar
y verb
Main verb Object
+ I Had Been
Swimming When I
fell
+ You Had Been
Waiting
For ages
Positive sentences

4. Negative sentences
subject Auxiliary
verb
Auxiliary verb Main verb Object
-
We Had
Not
Been Paying Attention
-
It Had Not Been Raining When I
felt

5. Question Sentences
subject Auxiliar
y verb
Auxiliary
verb
Main verb
? Had You Been swimming When
you broke
your leg?
? Had It Been Raining The
ground is
wet?

6. We use the past perfect continuous :
1. we use it to look back at a situation in progress.
• We had been thinking about buying a new house but then we decided to say here.
2. We use it to say what had been happening before something
else happened.
• We had been playing tennis for only a few minutes when it started raining.
3. We use it when reporting things said in the past.
• She said she had been trying to call me all day.
• They said they had been shopping.

7. Exercise
1.Position sentences
2.Negative sentences
3.Question sentences

8. Positive Sentences
1. _________ she was out breath
2. _________ the ground was wet.
3. _________ her eyes were red.
4. _________ there was an open book
on the sofa.
5. _________ there was an empty box
on the floor.
6. _________ the TV was on.
a. He had been reading.
b. She had been running.
c. They had been watching the
race.
d. She had been crying.
e. It had been raining.
f. They had been eating
pizza.
b
d
a
f
c
e

9. Question Sentences
1.Had I been working?
2.Had you been sleeping?
3.Had she been reading?
4.Had he been watching TV?
5.Had it been raining?
Where had I been working?
How long had you been sleeping?
How long had you been reading?
How long had he been watching TV?
How long had it been raining?

10. Thank you