Past Perfect/Past Perfect Continuous

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

HAD BEEN

Ving

• Действие, которое произошло (длилось) до того, как началось другое действие в прошлом

We  had been flying  for almost four hours before the flight attendants  started to serve  the meals.

By the time he  came  to the office, we  had been negotiating  for two hours.

2. Действие длилось какое-то время в прошлом, затем оно завершилось, его результат был очевиден в прошлом.

It was so clean when we got back to our hotel room. The maids  had been cleaning  all morning.

СЛОВА-МАРКЕРЫ

PAST PERFECT TENSE

HAD

Ved / V3

PAST PERFECT TENSE

Есть два действия в прошлом, одно из них произошло раньше другого

(Событие, которое произошло раньше - Past Perfect, а второе действие - Past Simple).

• She  came  to the office to meet him, but he  had  already  left .
• I  was not  hungry because I  had already eaten  with my colleague.

PAST PERFECT TENSE

Описывая момент, к которому было завершено действие в прошлом, мы часто используем конструкции с by.

• by Friday ( к пятнице)
• by the end of the year ( к концу года)
• by July 11th ( к 11-му июля)
• by 5 o’clock ( к 5-ти часам)

They  had finished the project   by the end of the month . My sister  had finished  all her wedding preparation  by the end of the spring .

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST PERFECT

• He  started  the car,  turned  the radio  on  and  fastened  the seat belt.
• He  started  the car,  turned  the radio  on , but before he  had fastened  the seat belt.