Past
Perfect Progressive
Perfect Progressive
Past Perfect Simple
Past Progressive
Simple Past
-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. |
to fly; to catch; to drive; to stop; to volunteer; to work; to come; to plan
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.
Build groups of three. Do a little role play which you will show to the class later. The role play should tell the listener what the people were doing.
- You will need a police officer and an occupant
- The third person can be a story teller or a second police officer/occupant
- You can play it in a funny, serious or any other way. Main goal is to have fun with the practice of the Past Perfect Progressive.
- Try to use as much Past Perfect Progressive as possible
- Try to use as much Past Perfect Progressive as possible
- Write carefully so you don´t tell directly about what your talking
- But give some hints as well
- It can be anything you enjoyed
