-If you want to describe a longer lasting action which happend before another action
-Most of the time information are given about the duration from the long lasting action until the point where the new action starts
Remember that you build every progressive form with to be + present participle
How to build the Past Perfet Progressive:
long version | contraction | present participle | |
|---|---|---|---|
I, you he, she, it we, you, they | had been | ´d been | playing travelling eating running |
I, you he, she, it we, you, they | had not been | hadn´t been | playing travelling eating running |
Long version | contraction | present participle | |
|---|---|---|---|
I, you he, she, it we, you, they | had been | ´d been | playing travelling eating running |
I, you he, she, it we, you, they | had not been | hadn´t been | playing travelling eating running |
How to build question with the Past Perfet Progressive:
question | answer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Had Had not | I, you. Peter (he), Maria (she), the dog (it), me and my friends (we), you, the group (they) | been plaing? | Yes No | I, you. Peter (he), Maria (she), the dog (it), me and my friends (we), you, the group (they) | had. hadn´t. |
a) Mara in a bakery when she because of her new plans.
b) She to travel around South America for three months when she back because of a lack of money.
c) Before she back to Germany she on a farm.
d) She to her flat when she heard that their multy-story building fire.
b) She to travel around South America for three months when she back because of a lack of money.
c) Before she back to Germany she on a farm.
d) She to her flat when she heard that their multy-story building fire.
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