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Past Perfect Progressive

We form the past perfect progressive (sometimes called the "past perfect continuous") with had been + main verb + ing. We use this tense to talk about an on-going process that happened in the past before something else in the past.

For example, we might say, "She had been waiting for two hours when the bus finally arrived." The bus arrived in the past, and before that, she had been in the on-going process of waiting for it to come.

Past Perfect Progressive Grammar Quiz

  1. I minding my own business when the canvasser stopped me on the street to talk about legalizing pot.

  2. I had whether to call him for the last two days until he phoned and asked me out today.

  3. been waiting very long before I met you?

  4. Joy Division been attracting many fans until the lead singer killed himself and they became New Order.

  5. We'd along the river when it started to pour and we got soaking wet.

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Past Perfect Progressive Lessons:

PDA

Terminator Salvation

Hotels

Girl Talk - Out of the Blue

Out of Thin Air

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jesana

Philippines

i had been training with computer programming during the years I had no job – is this correct?

10:56 PM Oct 18 2009 |

Fabz!!!

Fabz!!!

Mexico


I've been thinking about something interesting that is not about this bad movie…but the special effects….=)

05:40 PM Jul 30 2009 |

night blue

Turkey

ı had been lookıng forward to passing thıs exam but ı heart that it had been canceled—>is thıs structure right?how ll ı order my events and fix them in tenses Foot in mouth

02:10 PM Jul 29 2009 |

Efi Puspitasari

Indonesia

i had been studying since she come to pick me up…

 

please help me to correct the sentence above.

is it right????

04:28 AM Jul 29 2009 |

bernardlenoir

Cameroon

i had been waiting messagebefore gone to home

06:08 PM May 11 2009 |

_enigma_

_enigma_

Germany

I had been reading this page for 30 minutes when my friend came beside me.

08:28 PM Apr 28 2009 |

cowboy53

cowboy53

Thailand

I had been writing my home work before I went to the bathroom.

08:33 AM Apr 28 2009 |

shimaa mohammed

Egypt

I had been eating ice cream before I slept.

03:18 AM Apr 28 2009 |

FARES_ALA7LAM

Yemen

I had been hating these words before I read its real meaning here

04:06 PM Mar 27 2009 |

sisay_sar

sisay_sar

Ethiopia

I had been waiting for an hour when the game started.

03:35 PM Mar 18 2009 |