This document discusses the past perfect continuous tense in three sentences: The past perfect continuous tense describes an activity that was ongoing and completed at some point in the past. It uses the verb phrases "had been" plus the "-ing" form of the main verb (e.g. "had been sleeping"). The past perfect continuous tense is used to talk about an activity that was happening continuously up until another time in the past. It can be used with all subjects and includes adverbs of time like "when", "since", "for", "before", and "after".

1. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
TENSE
BY:
KAICITA MALDIATI
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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,