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Past Perfect Progressive

We form the past perfect progressive (sometimes called the "past perfect continuous") with had been + main verb + ing. We use this tense to talk about an on-going process that happened in the past before something else in the past.

For example, we might say, "She had been waiting for two hours when the bus finally arrived." The bus arrived in the past, and before that, she had been in the on-going process of waiting for it to come.

Past Perfect Progressive Grammar Quiz

  1. I minding my own business when the canvasser stopped me on the street to talk about legalizing pot.

  2. I had whether to call him for the last two days until he phoned and asked me out today.

  3. been waiting very long before I met you?

  4. Joy Division been attracting many fans until the lead singer killed himself and they became New Order.

  5. We'd along the river when it started to pour and we got soaking wet.

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Past Perfect Progressive Lessons:

PDA

Terminator Salvation

Hotels

Girl Talk - Out of the Blue

Out of Thin Air

Body Art

Cash or Card?

Ending a Friendship

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07:58 AM Aug 14 2011 |

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Mongolia

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05:17 AM Aug 09 2011 |

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lindasalem

Algeria

i had been playing handball when my sister came

08:43 PM Aug 05 2011 |

maria rosa natalia

Indonesia

i had been playing the internet for 3 hours before my mom cooked the chicken

01:06 AM Jun 12 2011 |

maria rosa natalia

Indonesia

i had been playing the internet for 3 hours before my mom cooked the chicken

01:06 AM Jun 12 2011 |

shristi

Australia

I had been waiting for six days to meet my friend and finally we met at the hotel.

11:41 AM May 01 2011 |

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aay thea

Indonesia

i had been reading this before to talk…

10:23 AM Apr 10 2011 |

qusai mustafa

Saudi Arabia

I had been in the hotel when came my father

08:37 PM Mar 19 2011 |

achbal

Morocco

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11:25 AM Jan 16 2011 |

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Afghanistan

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08:23 PM Oct 31 2010 |