İngilizce past perfect continuous tense (had been doing) (108 örnek cümle)7 min read

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

Cümle kurulumu örneği/ zamirlere göre

Contractions/kısaltmalar

Kısa cevaplar/SHORT ANSWER FORMS ( + / – )

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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