Past PerfectPast PerfectProgressive TenseProgressive Tense

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Образование Образование Past Perfect Past Perfect Progressive TenseProgressive Tense

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Had +

Present Participle

V + ing

Had been playing

Had been watching

Had been writing

Had been painting

Had been walking

Had been taking

Had been running

Had been swimming

Had been coming

Had been buying

been+

Действие началось и продолжалось

до определенного момента в прошлом.

Он шел в школу уже десять минут, когда начался снегопад.

He had been going to school for ten minutes when it began to snow.

К 10 часам утра они летели уже 6 часов. By 10 o’clock in the morning they had already been flying

for 6 hours. Она смотрела телевизор уже 3 часа, когда мама

позвала ее. She had been watching TV for three hours already when

her mother called her. К вечеру они уже добрались до лагеря. By the evening they had already reached the camp. К полудню они уже прошли 25 километров. By the afternoon they had already walked 25 kilometers.

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by –к какому-то периоду By 10 o’clock they had been swimming

for two hours already. К 10 часам они плавали уже 2 часа. For – в течение какого-то времени He had been fixing his TV-set for two

hours when there happened a short circuit.

Он уже ремонтировал телевизор в течение двух часов, когда случилось короткое замыкание.

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Употребляй Past Perfect Progressive со следующими предлогами:

Learn the Grammar RuleLearn the Grammar Rule Past Perfect Progressive может обозначать действие, Past Perfect Progressive может обозначать действие,

которое завершилось перед другим действием в которое завершилось перед другим действием в прошлом.прошлом.

- - Although the sun was shining, it was still cold as it had Although the sun was shining, it was still cold as it had been raining hard for two hours.been raining hard for two hours.

- He felt tired when he came home as he had been playing - He felt tired when he came home as he had been playing football.football.

Past Perfect Progressive также употребляется,чтобы Past Perfect Progressive также употребляется,чтобы показать, как долго что-либо происходило перед тем, показать, как долго что-либо происходило перед тем, как что-то еще случилось.как что-то еще случилось.

- She had been sleeping for two hours when we returned.- She had been sleeping for two hours when we returned. - It had been raining for an hour when I left home.- It had been raining for an hour when I left home. Past Perfect Progressive (Past Perfect Progressive (had been doinghad been doing)- это )- это

прошедшее время от Present Perfect Progressive (прошедшее время от Present Perfect Progressive (have have been doingbeen doing).).

Сравните: Сравните: Present:Present: How long have you been waiting? ( до сих пор) He's out of How long have you been waiting? ( до сих пор) He's out of

breath. He has been running. breath. He has been running. Past:Past: How long had you been waiting when the bus finally came? How long had you been waiting when the bus finally came?

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Learn the Grammar RuleLearn the Grammar Rule Сравните формы Past Perfect Сравните формы Past Perfect

ProgressiveProgressive

((had been doinghad been doing) и Past ) и Past Progressive Progressive ((was/werewas/were doing doing):):

She She had been sleepinghad been sleeping for three for three hours when we returned.hours when we returned.

( есть указание на то, как долго ( есть указание на то, как долго продолжалось действие).продолжалось действие).

She She was sleepingwas sleeping when we returned. when we returned.

(нет указания на то, как долго (нет указания на то, как долго продолжалось действие).продолжалось действие).

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Study Some Examples:Study Some Examples: He had been living in the mountains for five months He had been living in the mountains for five months

before winterbefore winter.. Has father come home yet? I am not sure. He had been Has father come home yet? I am not sure. He had been

working in the garden for two hours before you asked.working in the garden for two hours before you asked. He had already been working at his Power point He had already been working at his Power point

presentation for several hours when his friends asked presentation for several hours when his friends asked him for help.him for help.

They had been building the bridge for six month They had been building the bridge for six month already by autumn.already by autumn.

He had been doing this work for an hour without any He had been doing this work for an hour without any result, when the manager showed him how to do it.result, when the manager showed him how to do it.

I thought he was cold. He had already been swimming I thought he was cold. He had already been swimming for two hours by that time.for two hours by that time.

He had been practicing his violin for three hours He had been practicing his violin for three hours already when his neighbours started complaining of already when his neighbours started complaining of the noise.the noise.

By the time I heard from her she had been traveling for By the time I heard from her she had been traveling for a year already.a year already.

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Выучи спряжение глаголов в Выучи спряжение глаголов в Present Perfect Progressive Tense:Present Perfect Progressive Tense:

I had been playing football.You had been playing football. He had been playing football.She had been playing football.We hade been playing football.You had been playing football. They had been playing football.

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Interrogative Sentences in

Past Perfect Progressive Tense

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I had been reading the book for 1 hour when he came.

IHad been reading the book for 1 hour when he came ?

Yes, I have

No, I haven’t

Yes, you have

No, you haven’t

Отрицательная формаОтрицательная формаNegative FormNegative Form

haven’t been doing/hasn’t been doing

I hadn’t been going to schoolYou hadn’t been going to schoolHe hadn’t been going to schoolShe hadn’t been going to schoolIt hadn’t been going to schoolWe hadn’t been going to schoolYou hadn’t been going to schoolThey hadn’t been going to school

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Have Some Practice

12.00 They were dancing when I saw them. I think they began

dancing two hours ago.

By 12 o’clock they had been dancing for two hours already.

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He began running at 9 0’clock

and by 10.05 he had been running for 1 hour and five minutes.

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The witch had been flying for twenty minutes when she met an angel.

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The Mummy had been running for ah hour when she saw a dancing devil.

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By a quarter to twelve they

had been playinghad been playing and and singingsinging for one hour.

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