PAST PERFECT VS PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS

Universidad Juárez Auntónoma de TabascoDivisión Académica de Ciencias Básicas Licenciatura en Ingeniería Geofísica

COURSE: INGLÉS AVANZADO TOPIC: Past perfect and Past Perfect Progressive NAME: Emilio Rivera Cerino STUDENT ENROLLEMENT: 192A19007 TEACHER: Mrs. María Reyes García Oliva Date: May 20th, 2021

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PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

USES

PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

DatA

Something that started in the past and continued up to another action or time in the past.

We usually use the past perfect to make it clear which action happened first.

Something that finished just before another event in the past.

Something that started in the past and continued up to another action or time in the past.

To indicate an action that began in the past and continued up to the present

To talk about unreal or imaginary things in the past.

Characteristics

PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

The structure of the Past Perfect Progresive tense is:

The structure of the Past Perfect tense is:

subject + had + past participle+ complement

subject + had + been+ infinitive ver -ing+ complement

Negative:

Negative:

subject + had not +been+ past participle+ complement

subject + had not + past participle+ complement

Interrogative:

Interrogative:

Had + subject + been+ past participle+ complement+?

Had + subject + past participle+ complement+?

Examples

PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

• I had listened to melodious songs before I started the work.
• He had traveled around the world before he came to Bangladesh.
• They had played hockey in that field before it started to rain.
• The poet had written a romantic poem before he came to the program.
• The lyricist had come to the program before the minister came.
• Had you come to the program before I came?

• They had been flying for eight hours before they finally reached New York.
• We had been struggling for several years before the business finally took off.
• He wasn't hungry because had had been eating all day long.
• He had been partying all night, so he fell asleep in class.
• You had been sitting there for more than an hour before he arrived.
• Janet had been working there for almost a year when they fired her.

For - Since

We can define a period of time before now by considering its duration, with for + a period of time, or by considering its starting point, with since + a point in time.

PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

Since Since

• She had lived here since 1980.
• We had taught at this school since 1965.
• Alice had been married since March 2nd.

• I had been living here since 1980.
• They had been teaching at this school since 1965.
• He had been playing since March 2nd.

For For

• She had been living here for twenty years.
• We had been teaching at this school for a long time.
• Alice had been being married for three months.

• She had lived here for twenty years.
• We had taught at this school for a long time.
• Alice had been married for three months.

Just - Already - Yet

Just: it means 'a short time before'Yet: it means 'at any time up to now'. We use it to emphasise that we expect something to happen soon. Yet is only used in negative sentences and questions. Already: it means 'before now'. We use it to emphasise that something happened before something else or earlier than expected.

PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

Just Just

• I had just seen Susan coming out of the cinema.
• Mike had just called. Can you ring him back, please?
• Have you just taken my pen?!

• I had just been seeing Susan coming out of the cinema.
• Mike had just been calling. Can you ring him back, please?
• Had you just been taking my pen?!

Yet Yet

• Had you been finishing your homework yet?
• I hadn't been finishing it yet. I'll do it after dinner.
• Where was Sam? B: He hadn't been arriving yet.

• Had you finished your homework yet?
• I hadn't finished it yet. I'll do it after dinner.
• Where was Sam? B: He hadn't arrived yet.

Already Already

• I had already been spending my salary and it's two weeks before payday.
• He wanted to see Sudden Risk but I had already been seeing it.
• The train had been leaving already!

• I had already spent my salary and it's two weeks before payday.
• He wanted to see Sudden Risk but I had already seen it.
• The train had left already!

Ever - Never

The adverbs ever and never express the idea of an unidentified time before now(Had you ever visited Berlin?)'Ever' and 'never' are always placed before the main verb (past participle).

PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

Ever Ever

• Nobody had ever said that to me before.
• Nothing like this had ever happened to us.

• Nobody had ever been saying that to me before.
• Nothing like this had ever been hapening to us.

• Had you ever been to England?
• Had she ever met the Prime Minister?

• Had you ever been being to England?
• Had she ever been metting the Prime Minister?

Never Never

• I had never been to Italy.

• I had never been to Italy.

• I had never seen a dolphin.

• I had never seen a dolphin.

• He had never seen such a beautiful place before he went to India.

• He had never seen such a beautiful place before he went to India.

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