-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 had been working in a bakery when she had stopped because of her new plans.
b) She had been planing to travel around South America for three months when she had cameback because of a lack of money.
c) Before she flew back to Germany she had been volunteering on a farm.
d) She had been driving to her flat when she heard that their multy-story building catched fire.
b) She had been planing to travel around South America for three months when she had cameback because of a lack of money.
c) Before she flew back to Germany she had been volunteering on a farm.
d) She had been driving to her flat when she heard that their multy-story building catched fire.
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