El pasado perfecto contínuo es un tiempo verbal que se usa principalmente para una acción pasada en proceso de realización anterior a otra acción también pasada (da un énfasis a la acción en desarrollo)
He had been repairing the car before they went =
El había estado reparando el coche antes de que ellos se fueran
Se forma con el past perfect del verbo auxiliar "to be"mas el gerundio del verbo que se conjuga (forma en -ing). Hay que tener en cuenta que no se puede utilizar con los verbos estáticos.
- Formación del past perfect continuous
- Usos mas importantes del past perfect continuous
- Formación del past perfect continuous
Forma afirmativa
Se construye con el past perfect del verbo auxiliar "to be" (I had been) mas un verbo en gerundio (forma en -ing)
I had been writing
You had been writing
He had been writing
She had been writing
It had been writing
We had been writing
You had been writing
They had been writing
- Construcción del gerundio
Verbos terminados en "-e" muda, se sustituye la "-e" final por "-ing"
arrive = arriving
come = coming
place = placing
Verbos terminados en "-ie", se sustituye "-ie" final por "-y" añadiendo "-ing"
die = diying
lie = lying
tie = tying
Verbos monosílabos terminados en una sola consonante y esta sea precedida de una única
vocal, doblan la consonante final
get = getting
set = setting
stop = stopping
Verbos con mas de una sílaba terminados en una sola consonante si el acento recae en la última
vocal
admit = admitting
occur = occurring
permit = permitting
Forma negativa
Se forma simplemente añadiendo "not" al verbo "to have" en pasado. Se puede contraer (I had not been writing = I hadn´t been writing)
I had not been writing
You had not been writing
He had not been writing
She had not been writing
It had not been writing
We had not been writing
You had not been writing
They had not been writing
Forma interrogativa
Se forma invirtiendo el orden del sujeto y del verbo "to have" en pasado
Had I been writing?
Had you been writing?
Had he been writing?
Had she been writing?
Had It been writing?
Had we been writing?
Had you been writing?
Had they been writing?
- Usos mas importantes del past perfect continuous
Para expresar acciones en el pasado en proceso de realización, anteriores a otra acción también pasada (dá un enfasis a la acción en desarrollo)
The telephone had been ringing for five minutes, before he answered it =
El teléfono estubo sonando cinco minutos antes de que lo cogiera
Se usa en el estilo indirecto
"I have been drinking" he said = "He estado bebiendo" dijo (estilo directo)
He said (that) he had been drinking = Dijo que había estado bebiendo (estilo indirecto)
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