Past Perfect Continous
Bildung: "had" + "been" + 1.Verbform + "ing"
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Verneinung |
Frage |
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I had been working |
I hadn´t been working |
Had I been working ? |
he had been working |
he had not been working |
Had he been working ? |
Anwendung:
Für Handlungen die vor einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit und bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt andauerten (Zeitdauer ist wichtig)
Beispiel:
He had been waiting for 20 minutes before she arrived.