Past perfect continuous tense geçmişte başlayan bir eylemin geçmişte başka bir zamana kadar devam ettiğini gösterir.
Kullanıldığı durumlar
- geçmişte başka bir eylemden önce daha uzun eylemler
- geçmişte belirli bir zamandan önce başlayan ve o sırada tamamlanmamış bir eylem
- geçmişte belirli bir zamandan önce başlayan ve ikinci bir eylemle kesintiye uğrayan eylem
- geçmişte belirli bir zamandan önce başlayıp biten ancak bu eylemin etkisi o anda hala önemli olan bir eylem
Conjugation/Cümle kurulumu
positive | S + had been + V-ing + O | I had been speaking |
negative | S + had not been + V-ing + O | I had not been speaking |
question | Had + S + been + V-ing+O? | Had I been speaking |
Cümle kurulumu örneği/ zamirlere göre
subject | auxiliary verb | auxiliary verb | main verb | |||
positive | I | had | been | working. | ||
You | had | been | playing | tennis. | ||
negative | It | had | not | been | working | well. |
We | had | not | been | expecting | her. | |
question | Had | you | been | drinking? | ||
Had | they | been | waiting | long? |
Contractions/kısaltmalar
long form | contraction | example |
had | …’d | they’d |
had not | …’d not/… hadn’t | I’d not/I hadn’t |
Kısa cevaplar/SHORT ANSWER FORMS ( + / – )
Yes I had | Yes I had not |
Yes you had | Yes you had not |
Yes he had | Yes he had not |
Spelling Rules/Yazım kuralları
Fiil -e ile bitiyorsa -e silinir. Fakat -ee, -oe ve -ye değişmeden kalır.
Example:
- come– coming
- but: agree– agreeing
Son ünsüzden önce kısa vurgulu sesli harf bulunan kelimelerde son ünsüz iki tane olur. Ancak, -w, -x ve -y iki katına çıkmaz
Example:
- sit – sitting
- but: mix– mixing
İngiliz İngilizcesinde bir sesli harften sonra son ünsüz -l her zaman iki tane olur, ancak Amerikan İngilizcesinde değildir.
Example:
- travel– travelling (British)
- traveling (American)
Fiil -ie ile bitiyorsa sonundaki harf -y ile değişir
Example:
- lie– lying
Zaman belirteçleri/Signal Words
- for …
- since …
- the whole day
- all day
Past perfect continuous tense kullanıldığı yerler
Geçmişte belirli bir zamandan önce başlayan ve ikinci bir eylemle kesintiye uğrayan eylem
- Louise had been practising for hours when Mark knocked on the door.
- I had been taking a nap when the earthquake rocked my house.
- The dogs had been barking constantly until their owner fed them.
- I think my cat had been sleeping for 20 hours when I woke her up.
- I had not been eating for even five seconds when the telemarketer interrupted my dinner.
- When I saw her in the supermarket, Birsen had been shopping for half an hour.
Geçmişte belirli bir zamandan önce başlayıp biten ancak bu eylemin etkisi o anda hala önemli olan bir eylem
- When I saw Louise, she was tired because she had been practising all day.
- She had been eating meat for years before she became a vegetarian.
- My parents had been living by the beach for 40 years when the tsunami destroyed their home.
- According to his coworkers, the suspect had not been working at the jewelry store for even a week when the diamonds went missing.
- I could smell cigarettes. Somebody had been smoking.
Geçmişte belirli bir zamandan önce başlayan ve o sırada tamamlanmamış bir eylem
- She had been practisingfor a very long time, but she still hadn’t mastered the piece.
Geçmişte başka bir eylemden önce daha uzun eylemleri ifade eder.
- Had the pilot been drinking before the crash?
- John was very tired. He had been running.
- Suddenly, my car broke down. I was not surprised. It had not been running well for a long time.
- Ram started waiting at 9am. I arrived at 11am. When I arrived, Ram had been waiting for two hours.
Past perfect continuous tense örnek cümleler
- Had he been reading a book?
- John had been baking a cake.
- Had she been working all day?
- They had been playing tennis.
- Had she been working all day?
- He had not been reading a book.
- They hadn’t been playing tennis.
- She had been sounding very weird.
- Where had Jonathan been going to?
- He had not been coming when you came.
- Had you been studying English all day?
- You had been studying when they asked.
- Had you been studying English all day?
- I had not been studying when you asked.
- I had not been swimming since last year.
- It had not been raining since last fall.
- You had not been dancing the whole year.
- He had not been studying for a few days.
- Had she been waiting for me in the lobby?
- Helen was out of breath when she came in.
- We had been serving him the for two days.
- We had been studying all day so we tired.
- Had the actor been working since morning?
- Had you drinking anything before you left?
- You had not been studying English all day.
- Had they been playing football for a month?
- Had you been skating when you were younger?
- They had been being friend since childhood.
- The machine had been being installed by me.
- Had her daughter been eating anything all day?
- Had she been talking to us since for two days?
- I had been looking for her ring for five days.
- Had her daughter been eating anything all day?
- I had been watching a movie when they arrived.
- Had you been studying English since 3 o’clock?
- Had her daughter been eating anything all day?
- I had been washing the dishes before they came.
- They had not been playing football for a month.
- I hadn’t been feeling well, so I sent him away.
- My dog hadn’t been sleeping well before he died.
- You had been walking all afternoon on the beach.
- Had you been cleaning the house before they came.
- She had not been talking to us since for two days.
- We had been looking in the garden for three hours.
- They hadn’t been speaking to each other for years.
- I had been studying Spanish before I moved to Spain.
- Had he been cooking any meal when she came to my home?
- She had not been working all day so she was energetic.
- We had not been feeling well because all we had COVID.
- Daniel had been watching TV for hours before he slept.
- Had he been cooking any meal when she came to my home?
- She had been cleaning the house before she fell asleep.
- I knew that he had been riding the horse for many days.
- Had you been studying spanish before you moved to Spain?
- I had not been cooking any meal when she came to my home.
- Thomas had been trying to repair the phone the whole day.
- I hadn’t been waiting long when a lorry drew up beside me.
- Had i been playing computer game before they came to house.
- I had been sleeping for three hours when my alarm went off.
- It had been raining for hours and the streets were very wet.
- Had employees been achieving the target before the boss came.
- Isabella had not been studying well until she got bad grades.
- Had the teacher been showing them a video when the bell rang?
- I had been waiting for 45 minutes when the bus finally arrived.
- I had not been playing computer game before they came to house.
- The employees had been achieving the target before the boss came.
- Had we been waiting for Sarah for 40 minutes before she called us?
- Jessica had been walking three miles a day before she broke her leg.
- The meeting had not been ended until the CEO interrupted the meeting.
- I had not going to the different restaurant until it was closed forever.
- My cousin went to bed after she had been watching her favorite TV series.
- Helen had been listening the same music for 4 hours when I came back home.
- When her husband came home, the woman had been cleaning the house for hours.
- The ground was covered with snow. It had been snowing heavy for several hours.
- Alex was out of breath when she arrived at the class because she had been running.
- Sophia had been studying at the University of California when she got high grades.
- Had you been finishing your homework before you went to the store with your family?
- I was not finished my homework before I had been going to the market with my family.
- Had Elsa been listening to her songs until she realized that her songs need to improve?
- Had Chris and Olivia been studying to learn Japanese very well in order to live and work in Japan?
- Emma and Matthew had been looking for a country to live after their wedding when they were married.
- Ryan had been working out at the gym every day before he had surgery because of his health problems.
- Jason had been playing the guitar and singing songs for ten years when Jason joined the competition and he won.
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- http://www.englishintro.com/test_work-past_perfect_continouous_tense-intermediate.html
- https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/past_perfect_continuous.htm
- https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-continuous-exercise-1.html
- https://www.azenglishlearn.com/2022/01/past-perfect-continuous-tense-exercises.html
- https://www.grammarwiz.com/past-perfect-continuous-interrogative-quiz.html
- https://www.lingobest.com/free-online-english-course/quizzes/past-perfect-continuous-quiz-grammar-intermediate-english/
- https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past-perfect-continuous-quiz.htm
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