Colegio Bilingüe Especializado en Computación

YULIMAY´PC
“PROMESAS CUMPLIDAS”

May 23rd. 2022

Teacher: Brenda Lissette Vissoni Palencia
English Course

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

This tense is also called past perfect progressive. It gives the idea that an
action was in progress for some time when another action occurred, both in
the past.
BASIC WORD ORDER – AFFIRMATIVE FORM
SUBJECT AUXILIARY AUXILIARY MAIN VERB OBJECT
VERB HAVE VERB TO BE PRESENT
IN PAST IN PAST PARTICIPLE
PARTICIPLE
I, you, he, HAD BEEN issuing The catalog.
she, we, you,
they

YO HABÍA ESTADO PUBLICANDO EL CATÁLOGO.

Examples
1. Had they been saving to buy a house?
¿Ellos habían estado ahorrando para comprar una casa?

2. Yes, they had been saving before they bought a house.

Si, ellos han estado ahorrando antes para comprar una casa.

3. No, they hadn´t been saving for a long time.

No, ellos no han estado ahorrando hacía mucho tiempo.

4. Had you been working for the same company?

¿Has estado trabajando para la misma compañía?
 5. Had she been studiying English?
¿Ella ha estado estudiando inglés?

PRACTICE.
Give complete past perfect tense answer to the following questions in
affirmative and negative forms.

1. Had you heard the news?

Yes, you had heard the news.
No, you hadn´t heard the news.

2. Had she typed the letters before twelve o´clock?

Yed, she had typed the letters before twelve o´clock.
No, she hadn´t typed the letters before twelve o´clock.

3. Had the bus left from the North terminal?

Yes, The bus had left from the North terminal.
No, The bus hadn´t left from the North terminal.

4. Had they been preparing the speech for the anual staff meeting?
Yes, they had been preparing the speech for the anual staff meeting.
No, they had´t been preparing the speech for the anual staff meeting.

5. Had he been at the new shopping center?

Yes, he had been at the new shopping center.
No, he hadn´t been at the new shopping center.

II. Answer the following questions with complete sentences.

1. Where had your worked before?
I had working at restaurant before.

2. Why had she begun to work before nine o`clock?

Because she have to get up late.

3. What vacancy had they been advertising?

4. Who had called me when I was out of the office?

5. How long had they been planning this big sale?

 They had been planning this big sale for a long time.

III. Make a list of the verbs used in the previous exercise. Write their
infinitive and past participle.
INFINITIVE PAST PARTICIPLE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

IV Change the following sentences to the past perfect tense.

1. She went to the office.

2. The accountant received a promotion.

3. The manager was present at the meeting.

4. They cashed a check his morning.

5. I sent a bank draft immediately.

V. Change the following sentence to the past perfect progressive tense.

1. She had studied the plan for one hour.

2. I had read the memorandum before the meeting.

3. He had checked all the correpondence.

4. The manager had resigned at the meeting.

5. We had flown to the United States.

VI Translate to Spanish the following sentences.

1. The company had delivered the materials.

2. The receptionist had talked on the phone for fifteen minutes.
3. Our department had sent too many circulars.
4. The clerk had stored all the equipment in the warehouse.
5. The clerks had packed the merchandice.
6. The accountants had filed all the statements of account.
7. The secretary had verified the invoice.
8. We had spoken with the salesman.
9. They had left for their annual vacation.
10. The employees had returned from their vacation.