The Past Perfect Continuous Tense (Прошедшее совершенное длительное время) выражает действие, начавшееся ранее и продолжавшееся ДО определенного момента или в момент речи в прошлом. Образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола to be в форме Past Perfect (had been) и Participle I (причастия настоящего времени - четвертой формы глагола) смыслового глагола.
Формула: had been Ving
Past Perfect Continuous переводится на русский язык глаголом в прошедшем времени, обычно несовершенного вида.
I had been translating this article for an hour before you came.
Я уже переводил эту статью в течение часа, когда вы пришли.
Past Perfect Continuous так же называют Past Perfect Progressive, а в русском языке еще называют прошедшее совершенное продолженное время.
| Past Simple | He did it an hour ago. Он сделал это час назад. |
| Past Continuous | When I came home, he was doing his homework. Когда я пришел домой, он делал свою домашнюю работу. |
| Past Perfect | When I came home, he had already done his homework. Когда я пришел домой, он уже сделал свою домашнюю работу. |
| Past Perfect Continuous | When I came home, he had been doing his homework for 2 hours. Когда я пришел домой, он (уже) делал свою домашнюю работу в течение 2-х часов. |
Утвердительные предложения в Past Perfect Continuous (Affirmative sentences)
| Утвердительные предложения | Примеры | ||
| I | had been ('d been) |
verb + ing | I'd been doing it |
| We | We'd been doing it | ||
| You | You'd been doing it | ||
| They | They'd been doing it | ||
| He | He'd been doing it | ||
| She | She'd been doing it | ||
| It | It had been doing it | ||
Examples - Примеры
When they arrived, I had been waiting for them for 20 minutes.
Когда они прибыли, я уже ждал их 20 минут.
When she called me, I had been driving a car for half an hour.
Когда она позвонила мне, я водил машину уже полчаса.
Отрицательные предложения в Past Perfect Continuous (Negative sentences)
| Отрицательные предложения | Примеры | ||
| I | had not been (hadn't been) |
verb + ing | I hadn't been doing it |
| We | We hadn't been doing it | ||
| You | You hadn't been doing it | ||
| They | They hadn't been doing it | ||
| He | He hadn't been doing it | ||
| She | She hadn't been doing it | ||
| It | It hadn't been doing it | ||
Examples - Примеры
I had not been working for a long time when she came.
Я уже долго не работал, когда она пришла.
He hadn’t been sleeping for an hour when you came.
Он уже час не спал, когда ты пришел.
Вопросительные предложения в Past Perfect Continuous (Interrogative sentences)
| Вопросительные предложения | Примеры | |||
| Had | I | been | verb + ing | Had I been doing it? |
| we | Had we been doing it? | |||
| you | Had you been doing it? | |||
| they | Had they been doing it? | |||
| he | Had he been doing it? | |||
| she | Had she been doing it? | |||
| it | Had it been doing it? | |||
Examples - Примеры
Had you been working in a store for three years before you became a manager?
Ты три года работал в магазине до того, как стал управляющим?
Had it been raining all evening?
Дождь шел весь вечер?
Специальные вопросы (Special Questions)
Предложения, начинающиеся с вопросительных слов (слов, начинающихся с Wh, или слово How).
How long had you been working before you finished this project?
Как долго Вы работали, прежде чем Вы закончили этот проект?
Временные указатели (Time Markers)
He had been working about two hours before you rang him up.
Он работал (уже) около двух часов, прежде чем ты позвонил ему.
It had been raining for three hours when I left home.
Дождь шел уже три часа, когда я вышел из дома.