Unit 15 Past Perfect Continuous

Positive ទំរខ់ប្សប Negative ទំរខ់បែង្ិ សធ

Sub had been Ving Obj Sub had not been Ving Obj
I had been painting the wall. I had not been writing a book.
You had been painting the wall. You had not been writing a book.
We had been painting the wall. We had not been writing a book.
They had been painting the wall. They had not been writing a book.
He had been painting the wall. He had not been writing a book.
She had been painting the wall. She had not been writing a book.
It had been painting the wall. It had not been writing a book.

Yes / No Question ទំរខ់សំៃរួ Yes/No Wh-questions ទំរខ់សំៃួរង្ផ្តម

ើ ង្ោយ Wh
Had sub been Ving Obj? Wh-Q had sub been Ving?
Had I been painting the wall? What had I been doing?
Had you been painting the wall? What had you been doing?
Had we been painting the wall? What had we been doing?
Had they been painting the wall? What had they been doing?
Had he been painting the wall? What had he been doing?
Had she been painting the wall? What had she been doing?
Had it been painting the wall? What had it been doing?
The Use of Past Perfect Continuous ការង្ប្បប្ើ រស់របស់ Past Perfect Continuous

១. សកមមភាពន្ែ រៃង្កើ ង្ ខ
ើ កនុខអ ី កា ង្ហយ
ើ ង្ៅន្ បៃតង្កើ ង្ ខ
ើ ង្ៅកនុខសកមមភាព
អ ី កា ង្ផ្សខមួយង្ទៀ
1. Something that started in the past and continued up to another action
or event (tells us 'how long')
*** She had been working at that company for a year when she met James. (This
tells us how long something had continued before another event in the past. We
usually use 'for' or 'since' in the same way as we do with the present perfect
continuous)
- I had been trying to stop smoking for two years.
- I had been working with John I was thirty years old.
២. មូ ង្ហ ុ ឬបុពង្វ ហ ុនៃង្រឿខអវម
ី យ
ួ ង្ៅកនុខអ ី កា
2. Cause of something in the past
*** The pavement was wet, it had been raining. (It was raining before the time I'm
describing in the past. We could see the result of the rain - compare with the present
perfect continuous)
- That dog was exhausted because I had been running follow its lord.
- My teacher got sore throat as he had been smoking so much.

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Practice 15: Past Perfect Continuous

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