PAST PERECT CONTINUOUS/ PASADO PERFECTO CONTINUO

 PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS/ PASADO PERFECTO CONTINUO

"PAST IN THE PAST"

Past Perfect Continuous is an action which started in the past continued up until another time in the past.

- also called -progressive- = Past Perfect Progressive.

El pasado perfecto continuo en inglés es conocido como pluscuamperfecto del español, en el cual se usa el indicativo del verbo "estar" y el vergo -ing.

- Se usa para acciones en proceso de realización en el pasado antes de otra acción ocurrida.

Example/ejemplo:

How long had he been rehearsing when he took a break?

(¿Cuánto tiempo llevaba ensayando, cuando se tomó el descanso?

- Aquí se quiere saber cuánto tiempo tuvo lugar la acción de ensayar antes de un punto concreto del pasado (cuando se tomó un descanso).

USES/USOS

1. Usamos el Pasado Perfecto Continuo para referirnos a algo que habíamos estado haciendo (en proceso) cuando otra acción lo interrumpió.

Example: 

She'd been working in the sales department for two years before she was promoted.

(Ella llevaba trabajando dos años en el departamento de ventas cuando fue ascendida)

2. Se utiliza para demostrar causa y efecto en el pasado.

Example:

She was tired because she had been skiing.

(Estaba cansada porque había estado esquiando).

STRUCTURE/ ESTRUCTURA

Affirmative sentences.

SUBJECT	HAD + BEEN	VERB + ING
I	had been	starting
YOU	had been	starting
HE	had been	starting
SHE	had been	starting
IT	had been	starting
WE	had been	starting
YOU	had been	starting
THEY	had been	starting

  

Example:

-Lindsay had been working at the store since 2005 when it closed.

(Lindsay había estado trabajando en la tienda desde el año 2005 cuando se cerró.)

-They were surprised when the airline lost their baggage as they had been travelling for weeks without a problem.

(Se sorprendieron cuando la aerolínea perdió su equipaje ya que había estado viajando durante semanas sin problemas.)

Contractions with Past Perfect Continuous - affirmative sentences.

We often contract the subject and the first auxiliary verb. Informal writing.

 

I had been	I’d been
You had been	You’d been
He had been	He’d been
She had been	She’d been
It had been	It’d been
We had been	We’d been
They had been	They’d been

Negative Sentences

SUBJECT	HAD	NOT	BEEN	VERB + ING
I	had	NOT	been	starting
YOU	had	NOT	been	starting
HE	had	NOT	been	starting
SHE	had	NOT	been	starting
IT	had	NOT	been	starting
WE	had	NOT	been	starting
THEY	had	NOT	been	starting

Example/ ejemplos:

- I had not been feeling well for hours.

(No nos habíamos sentido bien durante horas.)

-We had not been expecting her.

(No la esperábamos.)

LA CONTRACCIÓN EN LA NEGACIÓN

- Es posible contraer los pronombres y los verbos auxiliares. Sin embargo, esta forma abreviada no es correcta cuando el sujeto no es pronombre sino un sustantivo o un pronombre propio.

👍 She'd not been practising for a long time.

(No había estado mucho tiempo practicando)

        👎 The girl'd /Louise'd not been practising for a long time.

- El not solo afecta al verbo auxiliar. En este caso, es irrelevante si el sujeto es un pronombre, un sustantivo o un nombre propio.

👍 She hadn't been practising for a long time.

(No había estado mucho tiempo practicando)

           👍The girl/Louise hadn't been practising for a long time.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

AUXILIAR	SUBJECT	BEEN	VERB+ING	?
Had	I	been	travelling	?
Had	you	been	travelling	?
Had	he	been	travelling	?
Had	she	been	travelling	?
Had	it	been	travelling	?
Had	we	been	travelling	?
Had	they	been	travelling	?

 

Examples: 

- Had I been travelling all night?

(¿Había estado viajando toda la noche?

-Had the pilot been drinking before the cash?

( ¿El piloto había estado bebiendo antes del accidente?)

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