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LECTURER:MAAM IFRAH
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PAST
CONTINOUS
PAST PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
CONTINOUS
BY ZAHRA

PAST CONTINUOUS!!!

Past Continuos Use


To talk about an action that was in progress
(not finished) at a time in the past.

At 6.30 I was having breakfast.

Affirmativa..
I
He
She
It
You
We
They

WAS

verb ING.

WERE

verb ING.

Negative..
I
He
She
ING.
It

WASNT

You
We
WERENT
verb ING.
They

verb

Questions..

WAS

I
He
She

verb ING ?

It

WERE

You
We
They

verb ING ?

Short Answers..
Affirmative..

Negative..

Yes,
Yes,
Yes,
Yes,

No, I
No, He
No, She

I
He
She
It

Yes, You
Yes, We
Yes, They

WAS.

WERENT.

No, It

WERE.

No, You
No, We
No, They

WASNT.

the
Past Perfect
tense
What is this tense . . .
. . . and when do we use it in English?

Meaning of Past Perfect:


~Use 1:

Completed Action Before Something in the Past

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that


something occurred before another action in
the past.
It can also show that something happened
before a specific time in the past

Examples:
~Use 1:

Completed Action Before


Something in the Past

1. She only understood the


movie because she had
read the book.
2. I had never seen such a
beautiful sunset before I
went to Hawaii.

Meaning of Past Perfect:


~Use 2:

Duration Before Something in the Past

We can also use the Past Perfect to show


that something started in the past and
continued up until another action in the past.

Examples:
~Use 2:

Duration Before Something in the Past

1. We had owned our car


for 10 years before it
finally died.
2. They had been married
for 5 years when they
had their first child.

Meaning of Past Perfect:


~Important Note:
Specific Times with the Past Perfect

Unlike with the Present Perfect Tense, it is


possible to use specific time words or phrases
with the Past Perfect.
Although this is possible, it is usually not
necessary.

~Specific Times:
Often, you can use the
simple past OR the past
perfect.
1.She had visited the U.S.
once in 2000 before she
moved here in 2005.
2. She visited the U.S.
once in 2000 before she
moved here in 2005.

Example:

Past Perfect tense


How do we make the
present perfect tense in
English?
Can you think of the
grammar rule?

Form:
This grammar has

2 parts:

Negative Form:
had not + verb (past participle)
OR
hadnt + verb (past participle)
Example:
The teacher hadnt finished
correcting papers when the
students started to arrive.

More Practice:
Complete each sentence with the past
perfect form of the verb given.

Karen ____________ (finish)


making dinner by the time her
husband came home.

When I arrived at the store, it


___________ (close) already.

Past Perfect Continuous


We use the Past Perfect Continuous
to talk about an activity that was
happening before another activity in
the past.

The past perfect tense is used to refer to


actions that took place and were completed in
the past.
For Example
I had played.
He / She had played.

Past Perfect Continuous

Auxiliary
Subject
HAD

Been

Gerund

Complement.

Past Perfect Continuous


Subjec
t

Auxiliar
y
HAD

Been

Gerund

Complement.

They

had

been

living

in this neighborhood for a long time.

She

had

been

training

for the marathon for 6 months.

We

had

been

saving

money to buy a new car.

had

been

feeling

better since January.

Past Perfect Continuous

Subje
ct

Auxiliar
Bee
y
NOT
n
HAD

Gerun
d

Complemen
t.

Past Perfect Continuous


Subjec
t

Auxilia
ry
HAD

NO
T

Been

Gerun
d

Complement.

They

had

not

been

living

in this neighborhood for a


long time.

She

had

not

been

training

for the marathon for 6


months.

We

had

not

been

saving

money to buy a new car.

had

not

been

feeling

better since January.

Past Perfect Continuous


Auxilia
ry HAD

Subjec
t

Bee
n

Gerun
d

Complement.

Had

they

been

living

in this neighborhood for a long


time?

Had

she

been training

Had

we

been

saving

money to buy a new car?

Had

been

feeling

better since January?

for the marathon for 6 months?

The End

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