1. Past Perfect Progressive Tense back menu next

2. Past Perfect Progressive Tense back menu next 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 + 3. .

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

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By 10 oclock in the morning they had already been flying for

6 hours.

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She had been watching TV for three hours already when her mother called her.

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By the evening they had already reached the camp.

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By the afternoon they had already walked 25 kilometers.

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by -

By 10 oclock they had been swimming for two hours already.

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For -

He had been fixing his TV-set for two hourswhen there happened a short circuit.

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back menu next Past Perfect Progressive : 5. Learn the Grammar Rule

Past Perfect Progressive , .

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

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

Past Perfect Progressive , , - , - .

-She had been sleeping for two hours when we returned.

-It had been raining for an hour when I left home.

Past Perfect Progressive ( had been doing )- Present Perfect Progressive ( have been doing ).

:Present:

How long have you been waiting? ( ) He's out of breath.He has been running.

Past:

How long had you been waiting when the bus finally came? He was out of breath. He had been running.

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Past PerfectProgressive

( had been doing ) PastProgressive( was/were doing ):

Shehad been sleepingfor three hours when we returned.

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Shewas sleepingwhen we returned.

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back menu next 7. Study Some Examples:

He had been living in the mountains for five months before winter .

Has father come home yet? I am not sure.He had been working in the garden for two hours before you asked.

He had already been working at his Power point presentation for several hours when his friends asked him for help.

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

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

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

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

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

back menu next 8. Present Perfect Progressive Tense:

Ihad been playingfootball.

Youhad been playingfootball.

Hehad been playingfootball.

Shehad been playingfootball.

Wehade been playingfootball.

Youhad been playingfootball.

Theyhad been playingfootball.

back menu next 9. Interrogative Sentences inPast Perfect Progressive Tense back menu next Ihadbeenreading the book for 1 hour when he came. I Had beenreading the book for 1 hour when he came ? Yes, I have No, I havent Yes, you have No, you havent 10. Negative Form

havent been doing/hasnt been doing

Ihadnt been goingto school

Youhadnt been goingto school

Hehadnt been goingto school

Shehadnt been goingto school

Ithadnt been goingto school

Wehadnt been goingto school

Youhadnt been goingto school

Theyhadnt been goingto school

back menu next 11. Have Some Practice 12.00 They were dancing when I saw them. I think they began dancing two hours ago. By 12 oclock theyhad been dancingfor two hours already.back menu next 12. He began running at 9 0clock and by 10.05 hehad been running for 1 hour and five minutes. back menu next 13. The witchhad been flyingfor twenty minutes when she met an angel. back menu next 14. The Mummyhad been runningfor ah hour when she saw a dancing devil. back menu next 15. By a quarter to twelve theyhad been playing and singingfor one hour. back menu next