Quando e como usar o Past Perfect Continuous?

 

O Past Perfect Continuous  é usado para falar sobre uma ação longq que aconteceu antes de uma outra ação no passado. O Past Perfect Continuous enfatiza a duração da ação, então é usada mais para ações longas e não para ações curtas. 

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Afirmativo - Past Perfect Continuous

 

A estrutura é o mesmo para todos os sujeitos:

 

sujeito + had + been + verbing

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Example sentences: 

"I had been working for three hours before she called."

"She had been studying English for years before she moved to London."

"They had been waiting at the bus stop for over 40 minutes by the time the bus finally arrived."

 

Negativo - Past Perfect Continuous

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A estrutura é o mesmo para todos os sujeitos:

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sujeito + had not (hadn't) + been + verbing

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Example sentences

"I hadn't been feeling well before the accident happened."

"She had not been sleeping well, so she was very tired."

"They hadn't been living there for long when they decided to move again."

 

Interrogativo - Past Perfect Continuous

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A estrutura é o mesmo para todos os sujeitos:

 

Had + sujeito + been + verbing

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"Had you been waiting for a long time before I arrived?"

"Had she been working there for many years before she was promoted?"

"Why had they been studying so hard before the test?"

 

Past Perfect Continuous Breakdown

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Afirmativo
I, you, we, they, he, she, it = had + been + verbing

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Negativo
I, you, we, they, he, she, it = had not (hadn't) + been + verbing

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Interrogativo
I, you, we, they, he, she, it = Had + sujeito + been + verbing?

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