Past perfect continuous

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This lesson contains 10 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

Lesson duration is: 30 min

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Past perfect continuous

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Past perfect continuous

Mix of two tenses:
Past perfect:
Continuous:

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Past perfect continuous

Mix of two tenses:
Past perfect: had + VD
Continuous: ww+ing
What do you get?
had + been + ww + ing
Examples: had been working, had been talking

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When to use it?

Je gebruikt de past perfect continuous als iets al een tijd aan de gang was en gebeurde voordat iets anders gebeurde in de verleden tijd.

Dus, iets was een tijdje aan de gang, voordat iets anders gebeurde. Let op dat tijd vaak een rol speelt.

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example

I had been reading for hours when the sun came up.

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Questions?

If not, let's practice!

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We ________ (try) to open the door for ages when Jamy came in with the key.

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Susie _________ (to study) for her exams the whole night, then she went to bed.

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I __________ (to call) since breakfast, but then I had to end the call.

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They __________ (to try) to reach him all day, but it did not succeed.

Slide 10 - Open question