1. Read a newspaper story about an incident that happened during a flight.

2. Read the story again and highlight HERE the correct form of the verbs 1-9

1. Took off / was taking off

2. Came out / had come out
3. Broke out / was breaking out
4. Screamed / was screaming
5. Had been played / was being played
6. Tried / were trying
7. Happened / had happened
8. Was / had been
9. Said / had said
HAD FLOWN EMPHASIZES THE COMPLETITION OF THE ACTION

HAD BEEN FLYING EMPHASIZES THE DURATION OF THE ACTION

How do we form the Past Perfect Continuous?

Affirmative SUBJECT + HAD (or ´D ) + BEEN + VERB + ING

Example: She HAD BEEN WORKING HARD

FOR TWO years before she was finally promoted.

She´D BEEN WORKING HARD FOR TWO years before she was finally promoted.

Negative: SUBJECT + HADN´T + BEEN + VERB + ING

Example: They HADN´t BEEN

ENJOYING the holidays so they decided to come back.

Questions: HAD + PERSON + BEEN + VERB + ING?

Example: HAD they BEEN playing football? Yes, they had/ No, they hadn´t

Watch the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jTAQGsHcLI

Put the verbs in the Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous. Write the answers below.

1. had been queuing

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