Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Mr. Mora - English Class

Important

• In English, we use the past perfect continuous to express actions in the past, while stressing a long duration. 

• Often, the action being described was close in time to another action in the past and was interrupted by the other activity.

• It can also be used to express a cause-and-effect relationship (James was tired because he had been jogging).

FUNCTIONS

Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive

How do we form the Past Perfect Continuous tense?

Multiple Choice

Which tense is this?

"At last the bus came. I had been waiting for haft an hour!"

• Simple Past

• Past Continous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continous

Multiple Choice

My grandfather ___ in his old house for ages before he moved in with us.

• had been lived

• has living

• had been living

• has been live

Multiple Choice

She ________________ (not / work) but she was tired anyway.

• was not working

• had not worked

• had not been working

Multiple Choice

Bruno and Marcela met at a medical assembly, which Marcela ______ _______ ________ for a long time.

• was attending

• has been attending

• have been attending

• had been attending

Multiple Choice

How long ____________ you_________ (watch) TV before you decided to go to bed?

• has you been watching

• had you been watching

• had watching

Multiple Choice

Steven felt tired as he __________ (sail) for several hours.

• has sailed

• had been sailing

• was sailed

Fill in the Blank

Transform the following sentence to affirmative form.

Had she been working since morning?

Fill in the Blank

Transform the following sentence to negative form.

Had he been reading a novel?

Fill in the Blank

Transform the following sentence to interrogative form.

Riny had been watching English movies before she slept.

Be careful

- Past Perfect

- Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

I’m really thirsty. I ....................................... for three hours.

• have been cycling

• had been cycling

Multiple Choice

I was really thirsty. I ................................................. for three hours.

• have been cycling

• had been cycling

Multiple Choice

Mary ..................................... well at school since last month and the results of her tests are poor.

• hasn’t been doing

• hadn’t been doing

Multiple Choice

Mary ....................................... well at school last month, so she failed her final tests.

• hadn’t been doing

• hasn’t been doing

Multiple Select

Which of the following sentences are in the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS?

• Had the concert already started when you arrived?

• She didn't see Peter because he had gone to the supermarket.

• I told her that I had been waiting for 3 hours but she didn't say anything.

• Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?

Multiple Select

Which of the following sentences are in the PAST PERFECT SIMPLE?

• I had been working at the company for five years when I got the promotion.

• Harold had known about it for two weeks.

• Martha had been walking three miles a day before she broke her leg.

• I didn't say anything until she had finished talking.

Multiple Choice

When we met, you _______ at that company for six months.

• have worked

• had worked

• had been working

• worked

Multiple Choice

You ________ for the test, so you were very nervous.

• hasn't been stydying

• hadn't studyed

• hadn't studied

• weren't studying