3V Unit 6 Grammar 6.3 Past Perfect Continuous

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Past perfect continuous

Bij de past perfect continuous ligt er meer nadruk op het feit dat iets een tijdje gaande was. Je wilt dus drie dingen tegelijkertijd uitdrukken.

Je wilt zeggen dat:

• iets was gebeurd.
• het voor iets anders gebeurde.
• het een tijdje duurde / steeds weer gebeurde.

Past perfect continuous

You make the past perfect continuous like this:

had + been + verb + -ing

For example: we had been walking/ he had been speaking/I had been running

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of past perfect continuous tense.
Ram __________for two hours when I arrived.

1. had waited
2. had been waiting
3. has waited
4. Is waiting

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of past perfect continuous tense
We_______________there long.(live)

1. lives
2. are living
3. had been living
4. is living

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of past perfect continuous tense
We ..... (to tell)

1. We were telling
2. We had told
3. We had been telling
4. We have been telling

Which one is the past perfect continuous?

1. Have you had your dinner yet?
2. He had forgotten about the meeting.
3. We had been trying to open the door for hours.
4. She has been singing for hours!

Which one is the past perfect continuous?

1. I like to walk around the shops.
2. Given the choice between chaos and order, I choose chaos.
3. Haven't you driven to work yet?
4. I had been walking for hours when my mother finally picked me up.

Which one is the past perfect continuous?

1. I had just gone to sleep when my phone was ringing.
2. I had just gone to sleep when my phone rang.
3. I just went to sleep when my phone had rung.
4. I just went to sleep when my phone rang.

Her face was red and she had a tissue in her hand, so I knew she ............ (cry).

I met an old friend of mine yesterday when I ................. (shop).

When she finally got to see the doctor she ................... (wait) for over an hour.