Past Perfect Continous


Bildung: "had" + "been" + 1.Verbform + "ing"


Aussage

Verneinung

Frage




I had been working

I hadn´t been working

Had I been working ?

he had been working

he had not been working

Had he been working ?


Anwendung:

Für Handlungen die vor einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit und bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt andauerten (Zeitdauer ist wichtig)


Beispiel:

He had been waiting for 20 minutes before she arrived.