Introduction

Introdução

The past perfect continuous (also called past perfect progressive) is a verb tense which is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.

O past perfect continuous (também chamado de past perfect progressive) é um tempo verbal usado para mostrar que uma ação começou no passado e continuou até outro ponto no passado.

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Forms

Formas

The past perfect continuous is composed of two elements – the past perfect of the verb to be (=had been) + the present participle (base+ing).

O pretérito mais-que-perfeito contínuo é composto por dois elementos: o pretérito mais-que-perfeito do verbo "to be" (=had been) + o particípio presente (base + ing).

Affirmative

Afirmativa

Subject + had been + V(ing)

Sujeito + had been + V(ing)

• I had been walking.
• She had been trying.

Eu estava caminhando.
Ela estava tentando.