PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

INGLÉS TÉCNICO
GRUPO: 1HM5
INTEGRANTES:
MARES ORTIZ LIZZETH
MENDEZ RODRIGUEZ DIEGO
EFRAIN
CASTILLO SAAVEDRA DANNA
PAOLA
ROJAS HERNANDEZ ANGELICA
 Structure
The Past Perfect Continuous
has the following structure:
The auxiliar HAD for all the
subjects.
Verb to be in past
participle BEEN
The principal verb in
progressive form (-ing)
 Affirmative

STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + HAD+BEEN + VERB ING
+ COMPLEMENT
Example: I had been watching a
horror movie.
 NEGATIVE SUBJECT + HADN´T + BEEN +
VERB -ING + COMPLEMENT
STRUCTURE
Example: I hadn´t been doing my homework
"INTERROGATIVES"
STRUCTURE: Had + subject +Been + verb with ING +
complement

example: Had you been watching a drama

movie?

"SHORT ANSWERS"

Yes I had No, I hadn´t

First use: emphasis on
the duration of an
activity
By adding it to the verb ing we are
indicating that the action had a
prolonged duration of time.

Eat -> Eating

Dance -> Dancing

 Examples
1. The nanny had been taking
care of the baby for 1 month.

2. The accountant had been working

for the company since January

 a m p l e :
For ex
Second Use Be tty w a s t ir e d t h is
e
e c a u s e s h
A cause of an action that happened mor nin g b
n n in g t he
e en r u
in the past. had b
r a th o n .
For this use, we require two things city ma d id n ´t
e b ro t h e r
A cause My littl a y o n
m y b irt h d
get t o
A consequence s e h e h a d
e b e c o u
tim c e r.
The first sentence is the la y in g s o c
been p
consequence in past, then the
connector because and then the
sentence of cause in past
perfect continuous

 For this use we need two sentences, the

Third use: Action first expresses the point of reference
that was carried in the past and the second sentence
indicates what was being done formerly.
out in the past

before another
action that also
occurred in the
past.
 Examples:
1. Before the test, I had been
studing a lot.
2. When Joanne arribed, I had
been wainting at the thecher for
a long time.
3. By the time the manager
started the meeting, the
employees had been working on
the presentation.
 She.......................... that biography for
1 two months
a)have been reading

2
.b)had been reading
.He hadn´t been............... shoes and ties ACTIVITY
.a) buy

.b) buying
3 .................... playing the whole night
a)Had they been
b) They had been
4 They..................... a new mystery book
a) had been write
b) had been writing
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