Englisch - past perfect progressive, continuous, Bildung, Signalwörter, Beispiele, Verneinung, Frage, Verwendung

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past perfect progressive (continuous)

Bildung:

had + Form von to be + Verb im Infinitiv + -ing

Beispiele:

I had been swimming for 30 minutes before it began to rain.
You I had been swimming for 30 minutes before it began to rain.
He/She(/It) had been swimming for 30 minutes before it began to rain.
We had been swimming for 30 minutes before it began to rain.
You had been swimming for 30 minutes before it began to rain.
They had been swimming for 30 minutes before it began to rain.

Verneinung:

I hadn`t been throwing stones before the police appeared.
He hadn`t been throwing stones before the police appeared.

Frage:

Had you been throwing stones before the police appeared?

Verwendung:

Man verwendet das past perfect progressive um auszudrücken, dass von zwei Handlungen in der Vergangenheit, eine früher stattfindet und diese Handlung noch andauert. Sie steht im past perfect progressive.