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7. He ___________ in the garden since morning (work)

8. I ___________ this laptop for three years. (use)
9. The girl ___________ her lesson. (learn)
10. The children ___________ in the garden. (play)

Let’s Learn Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Formation of sentences in past perfect continuous tense.

subject + had been + present participle

I had been jumping.
They had been meeting.

The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and
was still in progress when a second action began. Both actions began and ended in the past.

The past perfect continuous is formed by using auxiliary had been + present participle form
of the main verb. For example:

Hari had been singing for 10 minutes when the microphone started giving trouble.
O
It had been raining for four days.
O

Formation of Sentences in Past Perfect Continuous Tense

The negative in past perfect continuous is formed by using auxiliary had not been + present
participle form of the main verb. For example:
They had not been keeping a record of the activities.
O
The interrogative (yes/no question) in the past perfect continuous is formed by using had +
subject + been + present participle form of the main verb. For example:

Had I been complaining about the food quality?
O
The wh-question in the past perfect continuous is formed by using a wh-word, followed by
had + subject + been + present participle form of main verb. For example: Perfect Continuous Tenses

Where had he been working all this while?
O

Practice Time 2

A. Fill in the blanks with the past perfect continuous form of the verbs given in brackets.

1. Where _______________ you _______________ of building the hotel? (think)
2. How many of our soldiers _______________ the border? (guard)
3. Who _______________ the conversation? (record)

4. When _______________ you _______________ to go on a trip? (plan)
5. How _______________ you _______________ those kites? (make)
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