Past Perfect Continuous

What is the formula for forming the past perfect continuous tense?

• Subject + was + present participle verb + object

• Subject + had been + present participle verb + object

• Subject + had + present participle verb + object

• Subject + has been + present participle verb + object

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

When do we use the past perfect continuous tense?

• When we want to emphasize the completion of an action in the past.

• When we want to emphasize the duration of an action that started before a certain point in the past and continued up to that point.

• When we want to describe a future action that will be ongoing up to a certain point in the past.

• When we want to express a habitual action in the past.

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

Rewrite the sentence in the past perfect continuous tense: 'She had been waiting for two hours.'

• She had been waited for two hours.

• She had been waiting for two hours.

• She had waited for two hours.

• She was waiting for two hours.

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

Identify the verb form in the sentence: 'They had been studying all night.'

• studied

• study

• studies

• studying

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

What is the difference between past perfect continuous and past continuous tense?

• Past perfect continuous tense is used for singular subjects, while past continuous tense is used for plural subjects.

• Past perfect continuous tense describes an action that started in the past, continued for some time, and was still ongoing at a specific point in the past, while past continuous tense describes an action that was ongoing in the past at a specific time or over a period.

• Past perfect continuous tense describes completed actions in the past, while past continuous tense describes ongoing actions.

• Past perfect continuous tense is used for future actions, while past continuous tense is used for past actions.

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

Construct a question in the past perfect continuous tense.

• Were you studying?

• Had you been studying?

• Had you studying?

• Did you been studying?

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

Rewrite the sentence in the negative form in the past perfect continuous tense: 'He had been working hard.'

• He had been not working hard.

• He had not been working hard.

• He had not working hard.

• He not had been working hard.

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

How do we form negative sentences in the past perfect continuous tense?

• Subject + had not been + present participle verb + object

• Subject + had not being + present participle verb + object

• Subject + had not been + past participle verb + object

• Subject + did not been + present participle verb + object

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

What is the structure of a sentence in the past perfect continuous tense?

• Subject + had been + present participle verb (-ing) + object

• Subject + has been + present participle verb (-ing) + object

• Subject + had + present participle verb (-ing) + object

• Subject + was + present participle verb (-ing) + object

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

Provide an example of a sentence in the past perfect continuous tense.

• She had waited for the bus for over an hour.

• She was waiting for the bus for over an hour.

• She had been waiting for the bus since an hour.

• She had been waiting for the bus for over an hour.

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CCSS.L.11-12.1