Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Usage    

Past Perfect Continuous Tense A Comprehensive Guide
Past Perfect Continuous Tense A Comprehensive Guide

This tense is used for the actions all ready started in the past and continuing up to the past.

Structure:- sub+had+been+v1+ing+obj

Ex:-

1.     I had been writing a story

2.     They had been writing a story

3.     They had been repaired  in the house 

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Past Perfect Continuous Tense Keywords

When, for, since, and before are the words that we can use in thi past perfect continuous tense.

 

For Example

1.     He had been drinking coffee in the garden when Mom walked into the kitchen.

2.     Raju had been working at the office for five years when he got the promotion.

3.     Sridevi had been walking two kilometers a day before she broke her left leg.

4.     Murali had been playing the piano for 35 years when he was finally asked to do a solo with the local orchestra.

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