Past Perfect Progressive

English Grammar

1. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar 1
Past Perfect Progressive
Present
Past Future

2. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar 2
Past
Perfect
Progressive
Form:
had
+
Been
+
present participle ( -ing form of the V. )
Present
Past Future

3. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar 3
The past perfect progressive emphasizes
the duration of an activity that was in
progress before another activity or time
in the past.
Past Perfect Progressive
Examples:
The police had been looking for the criminal for
two years before they caught him.
We had been waiting for Nancy for over three
hours before she finally arrived yesterday.

4. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar 4
The past perfect progressive also may
express an activity in progress close in
time to another activity or time in the
past.
Past Perfect Progressive
Examples:
When Judy got home, her hair was still wet
because she had been swimming.
I went to Jane’s house after the funeral. Her
eyes were red because she had been crying.

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