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Past perfect continuous

Miriam Mauro

Created on September 9, 2024

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Grammar

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

COSTRUZIONE

FORMA INTERROGATIVA HAD + S + BEEN+ Ving?

FORMA AFFERMATIVA S+ HAD + BEEN+ Ving

FORMA NEGATIVA S+ HAD + NOT+ BEEN+ Ving

I had been doing you had been doing he/she/it had been doing we had been doing you had been doing they had been doing

I had NOT (= hadn't) been doing you had NOT (= hadn't) been doing he/she/it had NOT (= hadn't) beendoing we had NOT (= hadn't) been doing you had NOT (= hadn't) been doing they had NOT (= hadn't) been doing

Had l been doing? Had you been doing? Had he/she/it been doing? Had we been doing? Had you been doing? HHad they been doing?

Short answers Yes, I/you/we/ they had Yes, he/she/ had No, I/you/we/they had No, he/she/it had

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS-per evidenziare l'azione nel corso di svolgimento

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE-con i verbi di stato (es: be, have, own...) -con i verbi che esprimono un'azione compiuta (es: leave, arrive, start, finish, etc.) -con le frasi negative (I hadn't spoken to him for months) -con espressioni che evidenziano quantità o numero (efantizzazione del risultato

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