English Hold: Past Perfect Continuous Tense

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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Past Perfect Continuous Tense<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">  
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When an action began before the time of
speaking in the past and continued up to that time, or stopped before that we
use past perfect continuous tense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Example<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was now six and he was
tired because he had been working since dawn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">  
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A repeated action in the past can sometimes
be expressed as a continuous by the past perfect tense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Example<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">        She had
been trying to get her on the phone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;">c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">  
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It emphasizes the duration of an activity
that was in progress before another activity or time in past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sentence<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He had been helping his relatives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They all had been preparing for the
examination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She had been plucking flowers since
morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It had been raining for two hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He had been ploughing for many days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The patient had been taking this medicine
for a month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The cook had been preparing breakfast since
morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The washer man had been washing clothes for
three hours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The girl had not been learning her lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He had not been taking exercise regularly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He had not been attending school daily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They had not been taking part in the games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Zahid had not been reading newspaper
regularly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They had not been serving their country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He had not been wasting his time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Had you been eating sweet mangoes?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Had the juggler been showing his feats?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Had the gardener been planting the plants?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Had the shopkeeper been giving short
measures?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Had the baby been weeping for half an hour?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense a. When an action began before the time of speaking in the past and continued up to that time, o...