PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
INTRODUCTION:
The past perfect continuous tense (also known as the past perfect progressive tense) shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time in the past. The past perfect progressive emphasizes the duration of a past action before another action happened. It is used to say that an event or action is, was, or will be continually occurring (progressive) but that it is, was, or will be completed at a later time, or that it relates to a later time (perfect).
DEFINITION:
The past perfect continuous tense refers to a verb tense that we use to express that an action that began in the past and continued up to another point in the past. It is also referred to as the past perfect progressive.
EXPLAINATION:
The past progressive is formed by using the past for of the verb 'to be' as an auxiliary verb and by adding the suffix '-ing' to the main verb. The past perfect continuous tense denotes an action that started in the past, continued in the past, and also ended at a certain point in the past.
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE:
Formula:
Subject + Had Been + 4th Form Of Verb + Object + Since/For.
Example:
I had been playing since morning.
NEGATIVE SENTENCE:
Formula:
Subject + Had not been + 4th Form Of Verbs + Object + Since/For.
Example:
I had not been playing since morning.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:
Formula:
Had + Subject + Been + 4th Form Of Verb + Object + Since/For + Question Mark ( ? ).
Example:
Had I been playing since morning?
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