Kelompok Putmel

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past perfect continuous

2. definition
 The past perfect continuous tense shows actions that
were ongoing in the past and ended before another
past action.

3. The use
 When should we use the past perfect continuous?
 1. Something that started in the past and continued up to
another action or time in the past.
 2. Something that finished just before another event in the
past. This is usually used to show a result at a time in the
past.

4. The pattern
 Positive
 He / she / it + had + been + verb 1-ing + object /
adverb
 They / we/ I / you + had + been + verb 1-ing + object
/ adverb
 Negative
 he / she / it + had not + been + verb 1-ing + object /
adverb
 They / we / I /you + had not + been + verb 1-ing +
object / adverb
 For question
 Had + he / she / it + been + verb 1-ing + ob/ad
 Had + they / we / I / you + been verb 1-ing + ob/ad

5. Example
 (+)
 - she had been watching the movie for 2 hours
 - he had been studying in islamic school since 2016
 - she had been waiting for you since wednesday
 (-)
 - she had not been trying to get job
 - I had not been listening to music since Thursday
 - he had not been taking medicine for 3 months
 (?)
 - had you been trying food from thailand?
 - had she been trying to diet?
 - had he been eating vegetable for 7 months?