Past Perfect Continuous Tense

he had been drinking for 2 hours

we arrived

now

When we arrived, he had been drinking for two hours.

Mikor megjttnk mr 2 rja ivott.
Ez az igeid tulajdonkppen a Present Perfect Continuous Tense
elcssztatsa a mltba. Vagyis a cselekvs a rgebbi mlt egy pontjn
kezddtt s a mlt egy pontjig folyamatosan tart illetve tartott. Nagyon
fontos, hogy a mltnak azt a pontjt vagy Past Simple-lel kell kifejezni,
vagy pedig egy idhatrozval (pl. yesterday at 2 oclock)
Kpzse:
A be segdige Pas Perfect alakja (had been) s a fige - ing vgzds
alakja (vagyis a mellknvi igenv).
Pl: We had been living in the country for many years before we moved
into the city.
She had been singing country music for ten years before she started
to work as an actress.
A tagad mondatokat a not tagadszval kpezzk, amely a had segdigt
kveti teht gymond bekeldik a had s a been segdigk kz.
Pl: I had not been playing bowling for 12 years until I finally played in
Greece.
Though the fields are full with snow, it had not been snowing for a
week.
Krd modatok kpzse: szrendfordtssal trtnik, vagyis helyet cserl
az alany s a had segdige.
Pl: How long had you been playing tennis before it started to rain?
sszevont alakok: az alany s a had segdige vagy a had segdige s a
not tgadszavak sszevonsbl addnak. Az utbbi termszetesen a
tagad s a tagad krd mondatoknl fordulnak el. A beszlt
nyelvben majdnem mindig ezt hasznljuk.
Pl: Wed been playing football for 2 hours when he broke his leg.
She hadnt been working for months when she finally found a good
job.
Hasznlata:
A Past Perfect Continuous Tense igeid gy viszonyul a Past Perfect Simple
igeidhz mint a Present Perfect Continuous tense a Present Perfect
Simple igeidhz.
Ezt az igeidt ltalban ssetett mondatok esetn hasznljuk, amikor a

cselekvs a rgmlttl a mlt egy pontjig tartott. A kt mondatot olyan

hatrozszavak kapcsolhatjk ssze mint: by the time, when, stb.
Olyan cselekvs vagy trtns kifejezsre amely a mltban kezddtt
s egy msik mltbeli cselekvs, esemny vagy idpontig tartott vagy
esetleg mg azutn is folytatdott. A hasznlt hatrozszk: since,
for, already.
Pl: When she last visited us she had already been working as a
teacher for 2 years.
I had been waiting for 2 hours when he called at last.
When I got to the corner, my friend had been waiting for twenty
minutes.
ppen a beszd pillanata eltt befejezdtt cselekvs kifejezsre.
Pl: I was very tired because I had been reading all night.
A mondat azt is kifejezheti, hogy a cselekvs eredmnye mg a beszd
pillanatban is lthat volt.
Pl:

Somebody had been using my computer before I got home.

Ezt az igeidt hasznljuk akkor is ha egy trtnet elmeslse kzben a

beszl a mlt egy pontjrl hirtelen visszatekint egy mg korbbi
esemnyre
Pl: He went into his room and sat down in a chair and was just
sitting there without saying a word. Why? Because he was very tired,
hed been running a half an hour until he got home.
Klnbsgek a Past Perfect Continuous s a Past Perfect Simple igeid
kztt:
A leglnyegesebb klnbsg a kt igeid kztt az, mint minden ms
igeid Simple s Continuous akaja kztt, vagyis, hogy a Past Perfect
Continuous folyamatknt tekinti a cselekvst (rszleteit is sugallja,
bizonyos ideig tart folyamatossgt hangslyozza) mg a Simple igealak
egyszer befejezett tnyknt kezeli a cselekvst illetve trtnst.
Pl:

She had already finished the washing until I arrived home.

When I met her she was very tired, because she had been washing all day
Bizonyos igknl, mint a Present Perfect Continuous s Present Perfect
Simple esetben is mindkt igeid kifejezheti ugyanazt a gondolatot.
PPST: She had lived in New York for 2 years before she moved to Chicago.
PPCT:She had been living in New York for 2 years before she moved to
Chicago.
Mijndkt mondat jelentse ugyanaz. Vagy
PPST: It hadnt snowed for a week before I went to holiday.
PPCT: It hadnt been snowing for a week before I went to holiday.
A hossz ideje tart llapotot simple mg az ideiglenes llapotot vagyis
a rvidebb ideje tartt continuous igealakkal fejezzk ki.

Pl: That ground had stood there empty for fifty years before they finally
built a shop on it.
I had been sitting there for an hour before she finally arrived.
Pldk a klnbsgekre:
PPCT: When he woke up the rooster had been crowing for half an hour.
Mikor flbredt a kakas mr flrja kukorkolt.
PPST:When he woke up the girl had already left the room.
Mikor flbredt a leny mr kiment a szobbl.
PPCT: She had been typing for 10 minutes when she realised that there
was no paper in the typewriter.
Mr 10 perce gpelt mikor szrevette, hogy nincs papr a gpben.
PPST:When her boss arrived the girl had already typed the letter.
Mire a fnke megrkezett a leny mr legpelte a levelet.

Exercises:
1. Mr egy fl rja vrtam mikor vgre megrkezett.
2. Tegnap este nagyon fradt volt mert egsz nap kemnyen dolgozott.
3. Amikor te megbredtl mr kt rja volt, hogy jtszottunk.
4. A kutya tz percig ugatott amikor vgre kiment, hogy megnzze mi a
baj.
5. Amikor megismertem mr kt ve New Yorkban laktak.
6. Mr fl rja nekelt amikor n hazarkeztem.
7. Elaludtam mert a tegnap egsz nap dolgoztam.
8. Mg csak tz perce tncoltak amikor jabb vendgek rkeztek.
9. Kt perce volt, hogy nekifogtam frdni, amikor megszlalt a telefon.
10. Amikor vgre belptek a vendglbe, abartaik mr 15 perce vrtak
rjuk.
11. Mr flrja beszltek telefonon, amikor vgre szrevette, hogy
megrkeztem
12. Mg csak egy flrja vezetett amikor a baleset trtnt.
13. Mr egy hnapja keresett egy j munkahelyet amikor vgre tallt
egyet.
14. Mennyi ideig dolgoztl Pesten mieltt hazajttl?
15. Hetekig nem esett az es amikor kitrt a vihar.
16.Vizesek az utak pedig egy hnapja nem esett az es.

17. Mr 10 perce csngtt a telefon mire vgre felvette.

18. Kt rja jtszottunk mire kezdett esni az es.
19. Mennyi ideig ptettk ezt a hzat mire vgre befejeztk?
20. Hrom ve vrtam egy j ajnlatra mire vgre kaptam egyet Bcsbl.
21.Mennyi ideig dolgoztl ezen a knyvn mg vgre befejezted?
22. 10 ve tanrnknt dolgozott amikor n megismertem.
23. Valaki megpucolta az ablakokat mire n hazartem.
24. Mire k odartek a lny mr 20 perce vrt.
25. t vig ltetek Bukarestben mieltt hazakltztetek Kolozsvrra.
26.Mr 5 perce beszltem hozz mire szrevettem, hogy nincs az
irodban.
27. Mikor megjttnk mr kt rja ivott.
28. Mr 10 perce beszlgettek mire rjttek, hogy ismerik egymst.
29.Mennyi ideig csengettl mieltt beengedtek?
30. Hnapokig tanulta a francit mire sikerlt a vizsgja.
31. Mennyi ideig vrtl r mire felhvott?

2. Put the verbs in parentheses in the past simple, past continuous, past
perfect, or past perfect continuous.
When John (1) ......................... (get) home, he (2) .........................
(find) that someone (3) ......................... (break) the lock on his front
door. He (4) ............................ (rush) into the house just as a young
man (5) ............................. (climb) out of the living-room window. He
(6) .............................. (try) to catch him, but wasnt quick enough.
Luckily, the robber (7) ............................ (not take) anything. He
(8) .............................. (try) to disconnect the VCR when John
(9) ............................. (interrupt) him. He (10) .........................
(call) the police and then, while he (11) ......................... (make) himself
a cup of coffee, he told his wife what (12) .......................... (happen).

Exercise 13

Past Perfect / Past Perfect Continuous

I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early
because the show started at 8:00. I ......................... (try) to get tickets
for that play for months, and I didn't want to miss it. By the time I
finally ......................... (leave) the coffee shop where we were supposed
to meet, I ......................... (have) five cups of coffee and
I ......................... (wait) over an hour. I had to leave because
I ......................... (arrange) to meet Kathy in front of the theater.
When I arrived at the theater, Kathy ......................... (pick, already) up
the tickets and she was waiting for us near the entrance. She was really
angry because she ......................... (wait) for more than half an hour.
She said she ......................... (give, almost) up and .........................
(go) into the theater without us.
Kathy told me you ......................... (be) late several times in the past
and that she would not make plans with you again in the future. She
mentioned that she ......................... (miss) several movies because of
your late arrivals. I think you owe her an apology. And in the future, I
suggest you be on time!