2. Affirmative statement
To make an Affirmative past perfect progressive
statement, simply follow this pattern:
Subject+had + been+verb in base form+ing
Example:
She had been waiting for jack for 30 minutes when he
arrived.
3. Negative statement
To make a negative past perfect progressive statement, simply
follow the following pattern:
Subject+had+ not+been+verb in base form+ing
•She had been waiting for jack for 30 minutes when he arrived.
4. Question
To make a question in the past perfect progressive, simply follow
the following pattern:
Had+subject+been+verb in base form+ing
•Had she been waiting for jack for 30 minutes when he arrived.
5. Exercise:
Make sentences in past perfect progressive
tense.
Affirmative
Negative
Question
She had been playing She hadn’t been
tennis for half an
playing tennis for
hour
half an hour
had he has been
He had been waiting
waiting for his
for his girlfriend since
girlfriend since 6
6 o'clock.
o'clock.
We had been living in
Greece since last
August.
They hadn’t been
They had been lying
lying in the sun for
in the sun for hours.
hours.
Had we been living
in Greece since last
August.
6. Exercise:
Make sentences in past perfect progressive
tense.
Affirmative
Negative
Question
She had been playing She hadn’t been
tennis for half an
playing tennis for
hour
half an hour
had he has been
He had been waiting
waiting for his
for his girlfriend since
girlfriend since 6
6 o'clock.
o'clock.
We had been living in
Greece since last
August.
They hadn’t been
They had been lying
lying in the sun for
in the sun for hours.
hours.
Had we been living
in Greece since last
August.
