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please recite the form of the past perfect
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had + past participle
Change the past perfect continuous into past perfect. If it cannot be changed, say why.
She had been limping for the last half mile.
She had limped for the last half mile.
Make a sentence with the past perfect continuous and with the past perfect.
e.g.: past perfect: Matthew Henson had hiked to the North Pole.
past perfect continuous: Matthew Henson had been hiking in Antarctica a few hours ago.
please recite the form of the past perfect continuous
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had + been + verb.-ing
Change the past perfect into past perfect continuous. If it cannot be changed, say why.
How long had you known about the test?
It cannot be changed; the main verb is a stative verb.
Make a yes/no question with the past perfect.
e.g.: Had you hiked before?
You do not use stative verb in what tense, p.p. or p.p.c.?
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p.p.c.
Change the past perfect into past perfect continuous. If it cannot be changed, say why.
WHAT HAD HAPPENED HERE?
What had been happening here?
Make an informational question with the past perfect continuous.
e.g.: What had you been doing?
What are the major differences between p.p. and p.p.c. (except the forms)?
p.p.c. emphasizes that the first event was ongoing and had continued up to or just before the second event.
p.p.c. shows more intense situation.
p.p. means completed continuous suggestions continuing up before a specific time in the past.
IT IS OK TO ANSWER ONLY ONE ASPECT OF THE ANSWERS.
Change the past perfect continuous into past perfect. If it cannot be changed, say why.
Had anyone been looking for us?
Had anyone looked for us?
What are the differences between the expression effects of past perfect and simple past?
The past perfect expresses the first (or earlier) event.
The simple past expresses the second (or later) event.
Change the simple past into the past perfect continuous and the past perfect. If it cannot be changed, say why.
simple past: It got harder.
past perfect continuous: It had been getting harder.
past perfect: It had gotten harder.