Tenses post--18 (Past perfect continuous tense 1) Structure: First we see how to prepare a sentence in this tense. Had been + “ing” form of verb. That’s it simple friends. 1) After the subject, put “had been”. 2) verb is in the “ing” form. Note: here the subject can be anything like he/she/it/I/we/you/plural noun/singular noun, just put “had been”, at the right side of the subject. See the examples. He had been running. Somebody had been smoking. Usage: let us know when we use this tense. Friends, it is something difficult to say the usage. I know the usage. But explaining is difficult. So carefully read. Let us remember usage of “present perfect continuous tense”. When an action is started in the past, and continued continued continued & continued up to the present moment (now), we use “present perfect continuous tense”. See the example: let us assume, now the time is evening 6.00 pm. Sofia started playing tennis at morning 10.00 am. From that past time (10.00 am) to this present time (6.00 pm) she continued playing. Here “action started in the past. That action continued in the past. And that action ended in the present (now). So we used “present perfect continuous tense”. At 6.00 pm (now) , I met sofia and asked about her tennis practice. Then she said the below sentence. I have been playing tennis for the last seven hours Let us take the same example. But now the time is 7.00 pm. 1 hour passed. At 6 00pm I came and met sofia. We both went to a café. There a friend of sofia asked her about her tennis practice. Then sofia said the below sentence. I had been playing for 7 hours, when Sridhar came. Here “action started in the past. That action continued in the past. And that action ended in the past.. [not now]. All three things completed in the past. In this kind of situations, we use “past perfect continuous tense”. See the examples. These are positive sentences. I had been working for 2 hours until she came at 2.00 pm (I started work at 12.00 pm (afternoon). I worked for 2 hours. She came at 2.00 pm. But now the time is evening 7.00 pm. That means I told about the past thing.) They had been working for 10 years, when Obama became the president of USA. Friends, please read this lesson 4 to 5 times slowly and carefully. so you can easily understand. If you cant understand, please tell me. I will give more explanation. In the next lesson we will see negative sentences, positive questions and negative questions.
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