Past Perfect Continuous em Inglês

O "Past Perfect Continuous" se forma com a seguinte estrutura: had + been + verb + -ing.

Forma afirmativa do verbo "to sleep" em past perfect continuous.

	Verbo "To sleep"		Forma Contraída
	I had been sleeping		I'd been sleeping
	You had been sleeping		You'd been sleeping
	He had been sleeping		He'd been sleeping
	She had been sleeping		She'd been sleeping
	It had been sleeping		It'd been sleeping
	We had been sleeping		We'd been sleeping
	You had been sleeping		You'd been sleeping
	They had been sleeping		They'd been sleeping

Forma negativa do verbo "to sleep" em past perfect continuous.

	Verbo "To sleep"		Forma Contraída
	I had not been sleeping		I hadn't been sleeping
	You had not been sleeping		You hadn't been sleeping
	He had not been sleeping		He hadn't been sleeping
	She had not been sleeping		She hadn't been sleeping
	It had not been sleeping		It hadn't been sleeping
	We had not been sleeping		We hadn't been sleeping
	You had not been sleeping		You hadn't been sleeping
	They had not been sleeping		They hadn't been sleeping

Forma interrogativa do verbo "to sleep" em past perfect continuous.

	Verbo "To sleep"
	Had I been sleeping?
	Had you been sleeping?
	Had he been sleeping?
	Had she been sleeping?
	Had it been sleeping?
	Had we been sleeping?
	Had you been sleeping?
	Had they been sleeping?

Respostas curtas em present perfect continous.

	Resposta Afirmativa		Resposta Negativa
	Yes, I had		No, I had not No, I hadn't
	Yes, you had		No, you had not No, you hadn't
	Yes, he had		No, he had not No, he hadn't
	Yes, she had		No, she had not No, she hadn't
	Yes, it had		No, it had not No, it hadn't
	Yes, we had		No, we had not No, we hadn't
	Yes, you had		No, you had not No, you hadn't
	Yes, they had		No, they had not No, they hadn't

Estrutura das frases com verbos em "Past Perfect Continuous":

Afirmativas: Sujeito + had + been + verbo + -ing + objetos.

Exemplo:

She had been waiting for more than one hour when you arrived.
(Ela havia estado esperando por mais de uma hora quando você chegou.)

Negativas: Sujeito + had + not + been + verbo + -ing + objetos.

Exemplo:

He had not been working in this office since 2005.
(Ele não tem trabalhado neste escritório desde 2005.)

Interrogativas Afirmativas: Had + sujeito + been + verbo + -ing + objetos + interrogação.

Exemplo:

Had you been studying English for a long time before you went to Chicago?
(Você tinha estado estudando inglês durante muito tempo antes de ir a Chigado?)

Respostas curtas afirmativas: "Yes" + sujeito + had.

Exemplos:

Yes, I had.
(Sim.)

Yes, she had.
(Sim.)

Respostas curtas negativas: "No" + sujeito + had + "not" ou com a forma contraída: "No" + sujeito + hadn't.

Exemplos:

No, I had not. No, I hadn't.
(Não)

No, she had not. No, she hadn't.
(Não.)

Marcadores temporais do "Past Perfect Continuous":

Entre os principais marcadores temporais deste tempo temos: for, since, how long, before, until...

Exemplos:

I had been working hard for 10 years before I got that promotion.
(Eu tinha trabalhado duro por 10 anos antes de receber essa promoção.)

By the time you arrived I had been reading for three hours.
(Quando você chegou eu tinha estado lendo por três horas.)

He had been phoning me every day for the past week.
(Ele esteve me ligando todos os dias durante a semana passada.)

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