5. Haladó (upper-intermediate) – 7. hét

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Képzése:

alany + had + been
+ …-ing

I had been playing basketball.

Használata:

olyan cselekvés kifejezésére,
amely egy múltbeli cselekmény előtt történt és huzamosabb ideig tartott.

My father arrived home and he was very tired. He had been playing
football.

I gave up smoking 5 years ago. I had been smoking for 10
years.

a ‘have been doing’ múltbeli
alakja is

I have been waiting for my girlfriend for 20 minutes.

She arrived at 10.00. I had been waiting for her for 20
minutes.

folyamatos igeidőkben nem
használatos igék ‘past perfect continuous’-ban sem használhatóak