Chapitre 16: Past Perfect Progressive - Anglais Troisième | DigiClass
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Past Perfect Progressive

I.  Formation

It expresses the same actions / events as the past perfect + simple in the a fow on the duration of the actions.

Eg : He had been cooking when a fire broke out.

Conjugate have in the past simple (Had) followed by been and we add ING to the verb.

  • Affirmative form

Rule : S + Had + been + ING + C

Eg : - I had been waitting for the bus.

        - Sita had been cleaning the yard.

  • Interrogative form

Rule : Had + S + been + V + ING + C + ?

Eg : - Had she been dressing in black ?

       - Had players been watching their opponents ?

  • Negative form

Rule : S + had + not + been + V + ING + C

          S + hadn't + been + V + ING + C

Eg : - I had not been  listening to him.

       - Children hadn't been sleeping together.

  • Interronegative form

Rule : Had + S + not + been + V + ING + C + ?

          Hadn't + S + been + V + ING + C + ?

Eg : Had we not been advising them ?

       Hadn't he been taking are of the shrurbs ?

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