What is the formula for past perfect progressive tense?

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1. What is the formula for past perfect progressive tense?
2. What is the example of past perfect progressive tense?
3. When should use past perfect?
4. How do you use past perfect progressive?
5. What is a past progressive tense examples?
6. What are examples of past progressive tense?
7. Is past perfect tense?
8. How do you use past perfect tense in a sentence?
9. When to use has been and had been?

What is the formula for past perfect progressive tense?

To form the past perfect progressive, use the auxiliary (helping) verb had + been + verbing (present participle).

What is the example of past perfect progressive tense?

The past perfect progressive emphasizes the duration of a past action before another action happened. For example, “I had been smoking for 10 years before I quit.” You form the past perfect progressive by using had been followed by an –ing verb.

When should use past perfect?

We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events. The past perfect shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action. When the police arrived, the thief had escaped. It doesn't matter in which order we say the two events.

How do you use past perfect progressive?

The past perfect continuous tense (also known as the past perfect progressive tense) shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time in the past. The past perfect continuous tense is constructed using had been + the verb's present participle (root + -ing).

What is a past progressive tense examples?

The past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing activity in the past. For example: John was baking a cake. They were painting the fence.

What are examples of past progressive tense?

Examples Past Progressive (Continuous)

• He was writing an e-mail when the phone rang.
• When the phone rang, he was writing an e-mail.
• While he was writing an e-mail, the phone rang.
• I was preparing dinner while Melanie was working upstairs.
• While Melanie was working upstairs, I was preparing dinner.

Is past perfect tense?

The Past Perfect tense in English is composed of two parts: the past tense of the verb to have (had) + the past participle of the main verb....Forming the past perfect.

Subject	had	past participle
Affirmative
She	had	given
Negative
She	hadn't	asked.

How do you use past perfect tense in a sentence?

How to Form The Past Perfect Tense. To form the past perfect tense you use the past tense of the verb "to have," which is had, and add it to the past participle of the main verb. For example: subject + had + past participle = past perfect tense.

When to use has been and had been?

Present perfect 'have/has been ' is used when describing an action completed in the recent past and still assumes importance in the present. We use 'had been' when you describe something that happened in the past before something else in the past.