Grammar
Session 3, Nov 20.2012
Mr. Roheli
Past Perfect Progressive
Main format:
+ à Subject + had been + present participle.
- à Subject + had) + not + been + present participle.
? à Had + subject + been + present participle
Example:
Subject
|
To be
|
Present Participle
|
Object
| |||
+
|
You, They, We , I, It, He, She
|
had
|
been
|
playing
|
football
| |
-
|
You, They, We, I, It, He, She
|
had
|
not
|
been
|
playing
|
football
|
?
|
Had
|
You, They, We, I, It, He, She
|
been
|
playing
|
football
|
Past Perfect Progressive – Diagram
1. We use Past Perfect progressive to emphasize the duration of an activity that was in progress before another activity or time in the past.
Example:
The police had been looking for the criminal for two years before they caught him.
- We use the Past Perfect Continuous before another action in the past is a good way to show cause and effect.
Example:
When Ayu got home, her eyes were red because she had been crying.
