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רמה: מתקדמים יחידה 7

I had been working (past perfect continuous) and I had worked (past perfect)

הסבר באנגלית על I had been working (past perfect continuous) and I had worked (past perfect), עם דוגמאות ו-5 שאלות תרגול לבדיקה עצמית. מתאים למתקדמים.

Study these sentences with the past perfect continuous:

They had been waiting for the bus for some time. 

He had been sitting around the table for six hours. 

I had been playing the game well when the heavy rain interrupted the game. 

We use the past perfect continuous when we talk about a situation or activity that happened over a period up to a particular past time, or until shortly before it. 

Compare how the past perfect continuous and the past perfect are used:

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: My best friend had been suffering from cancer when her parents found her. 

PAST PERFECT: My best friend had suffered from cancer when her parents found her. 

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: I had been saving since New Year to buy a new house. 

PAST PERFECT: I had saved enough money to buy the house I wanted. 

We use the past perfect continuous when we talk about the continuity or duration of a situation or activity, and the past perfect to talk about the completion of a situation or activity or its effects. Sometimes the difference between them is simply one of emphasis):

I'd been working hard, so I felt that I deserved a holiday, (focus on the activity)

I'd worked hard, and the report was now finished, (focus on the result

If we talk about how long something went on up to a particular past time, we prefer the past perfect continuous. If we talk about how many times something happened in a period up to a particular past time, we use the past perfect:

They had been traveling for about 36 hours, (rather than They had traveled...)

We had been looking at the painting for about ten minutes before we realized who the artist was. (rather than We had looked...) 

I had heard the symphony many times before, (not I'd been hearing...)

The teacher had let them get away with their bad behavior once too often, (not ...had been letting them...)

Compare the use of the past perfect continuous and past continuous:

When we met Pam, she had been eating an apple. (= we met after she had finished)

When we met Pam, was eating an apple. (= we met while she was eating)

בדקו את עצמכם

5 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. Before I came to Northern Europe, I ________ snow!

  2. When police were investigating the road accident, they discovered that the driver ________ 2 road accidents before.

  3. The service at the restaurant was very slow. I ________ all of my meals before my friends’ meals arrived.

  4. When I got home, I realized that while I ________ someone had stolen my wallet!

  5. When we ________ the tour of the city, we decided to go and eat in a local restaurant.

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