Past Perfect & Past Perfect continuous

Past Perfect formation:

• have + veiksmažodis 3 forma/ -ed

• had + veiksmažodis 3 forma/ -ed

• has + veiksmažodis 3 forma/ -ed

Past Perfect Continuous formation:

• had been + veiksmažodis su -ing galūne

• has been + veiksmažodis su -ing galūne

• been + veiksmažodis su -ing galūne

Past Perfect marks:

• future action

• an action which happened before another action in the past

• habitual action

Past Perfect can also be used to express a past action which happened before a certain time in the past.

• That's right.

• No, that's not true.

Past Perfect continuous is used when the focus is on ...... of a past action happening before another past action.

• end

• duration

• result

Past Perfect continuous is often used when there was a certain result felt/ seen in the past. Choose the example which illustrates this idea:

• He was working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening.

• He had been working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening.

• He has been working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening.

In questions "had" is removed to the beginning of a sentence (before subject).

• False

• True

Choose the correct one:

• Had the rescuers been looking for the missing for 3 hours before they found them?

• The rescuers had been looking for the missing for 3 hours before they found them?

• The rescuers been looking for the missing for 3 hours before they found them?

"for" and "since" are time expressions often used with...

• Past Perfect continuous

• Past Simple

• Both

Choose the right one:

• As soon as they had repaired the car, they sold it.

• As soon as they repaired the car, they had sold it.