REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA

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Código DANE 108001001951
Resolución de aprobación No 1954 de octubre de 2001; Jornada Diurna
Resolución de aprobación No 0351 de Noviembre 10 de 1993; Jornada Nocturno
NIT: 890.103.091-2

ACTIVITIES

Nicolás Castañeda 11a

I. PROFUNDIZACION

ACTIVITY 1:
Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect continuous.

1. I had been living (live) in Portugal for two years when the revolution broke out.

2. Her parents found out that she had been hiding (hide) the truth.

3. He told me he had been thinking (think) of finding a job.

4. Mark was so strange that I wondered if he had been drinking (drink).

5. Due to health problems, he hadn´t working (not/work) on the project.

6. How long had they been dancing (dance)?

ACTIVITY 2:

Order the words to form sentences.

1. time / she / been / long / a / waiting / for / had

she had been waiting a for time
2. the / had /living / they / been / in / not / country
they had not been living in the country
3. in / playing / they / been / the / had / rain
they had been playing in the rain
 REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA
SECRETARIA DE EDUCACION DISTRITAL
I.E.D. Técnico Nacional de Comercio
Código DANE 108001001951
Resolución de aprobación No 1954 de octubre de 2001; Jornada Diurna
Resolución de aprobación No 0351 de Noviembre 10 de 1993; Jornada Nocturno
NIT: 890.103.091-2

ACTIVITY 3:

2Match:
1. The ground was wet. a) Somebody had been smoking.
2. She was carrying lots of bags b) He had been working on it for years.
3. They were dirty c) The children had been cooking.
4. She had red eyes d) They had been playing football in the mud.
5. He got sacked. e) He hadn’t been working at all.
6. The kitchen was a terrible mess. f) She had been crying again.
7. They were very tired when they arrived. g) She had been shopping
8. It smelled of cigarettes h) They had been driving for ten years.
9. He was happy when it was finished. i) It had been raining

1= i
2= g
3= d
4= f
5= e
6= c
7= h
8= a
9= b

Answer:

1. How many forms times are there in this verbal tense????? R// There are 2 times present
and past.
2. What is the time of the principal verb??? R// The principal verb tense is always in present
continuous.

3. How many auxiliary are used in this verbal tense? Which? R// In this verbal tense there are
used 2 auxiliaries, HAD and BEEN.

4. The first auxiliary is the same for all subjects?? R// Yes, it’s

5. What is the long and short forms used in the negatives form??? R// Hadn’t and had not.
 REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA
SECRETARIA DE EDUCACION DISTRITAL
I.E.D. Técnico Nacional de Comercio
Código DANE 108001001951
Resolución de aprobación No 1954 de octubre de 2001; Jornada Diurna
Resolución de aprobación No 0351 de Noviembre 10 de 1993; Jornada Nocturno
NIT: 890.103.091-2

6. What is the auxiliary used for the short answer??? R// Had.

7. What indicate the past perfect continuous? R// The presence of the HAD and some times
expression like since and for.

8. What is the structure for interrogative form?? R// HAD+S+BEEN+Verb-ing