Tenses Unit 23
Unit 23
Past Perfect
Continuous
(I had been
doing)
(a)
Past Perfect Continuous образуется при помощи глагола
to be в
Past Perfect + Participle
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(had been doing). Past Perfect Continuous может обозначать действие, которое завершилось перед другим
действием в прошлом.
- Although the
sun
was shining, it was still
cold as it had been
raining hard for two
hours.
- He felt tired
when he came home as he had been
playing football.
(b)
Past Perfect Continuous также употребляется,чтобы показать, как долго что-либо происходило
перед тем, как что-то еще случилось.
- She
had been sleeping
for two hours when we
returned.
- It
had been raining
for an hour when I left
home.
(c)
Past Perfect Continuous (had been
doing)-
это прошедшее время от
Present Perfect
Continuous (have been
doing).
Сравните:
Present |
Past |
How long
have you been
waiting?
(до сих пор)
He's out
of breath.
He
has been running. |
How long
had you been waiting when
the bus
finally came?
He was
out of breath.
He
had been running. |
(d)
Сравните формы
Past Perfect Continuous
(had been doing)
и
Past Continuous (was/were
doing):
She
had been sleeping
for three hours when we
returned.
(есть
есть указание на то, как долго продолжалось действие).
She
was sleeping when we
returned.
(нет указания на то, как долго
продолжалось действие).
(e)
Некоторые глаголы
(например, know) не
могут
использоваться в форме
Continuous.
Смотри список этих глаголов в
Unit 3b.
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