Paul had been playing tennis with a friend before his mother arrived
| Past Perfect Continuous GEÇMİŞTE BAŞLAYIP, YİNE GEÇMİŞTE BELİRLİ BİR ZAMANA KADAR DEVAM ETMİŞ OLAN OLAYLARI Ifade etmek için kullanılır. Olay geçmişte başlamıştır ve geçmişte başka bir olay gerçekleşmeden önce bitmiştir. |
| Past perfect continuous’un cümle yapısı | |||
| OLUMLU | OLUMSUZ | SORU | |
| uzun şekil | kısa şekil | ||
| I had been playing | I had not been playing | I hadn’t been playing | Had I been playing? |
| You had been playing | You had not been playing | You hadn’t been playing | Had you been playing? |
| He had been playing | He had not been playing | He hadn’t been playing | Had he been playing? |
| We had been playing | We had not been playing | We hadn’t been playing | Had we been playing? |
| You had been playing | You had not been playing | You hadn’t been playing | Had you been playing? |
| They had been playing | They had not been playing | They hadn’t been playing | Had they been playing? |
I had been cooking all morning when you rang me up. (Bana telefon ettiğinde bütün sabah yemek pişiriyordum.) When I got there the whole family had been watching TV. (Oraya vardığımda tüm aile TV seyrediyordu.)
Ayşe had been crying for hours when I arrived home.
(Eve vardığımda Ayşe saatlerdir ağlıyormuş – gözlerinden belliydi.) When Reha went to the theatre he had been eating onions.
(Tiyatroya gittiğinde Reha soğan yemişti – ağzının kokusundan belliydi.) Someone had been lying on the bed when I entered the room yesterday. (Dün odaya girdiğimde birisi yatağın üstüne uzanmıştı.)
I went to bed early last night because I had been working so hard. (Dün gece erken yattım çünkü çok çalışmıştım.)
Ahmet noticed that his sister had been crying.
(Ahmet kız kardeşinin ağlamış olduğunun farkına vardı.)
The police knew that Mr. Pitt had been having trouble with his partner. (Polis Mr. Pitt’in ortağıyla başının dertte olduğunu biliyordu.)
When I arrived at the bus – stop a few students had been waiting for the same bus. (Otobüs durağına vardığımda birkaç öğrenci aynı otobüsü beklemekteydiler.)
The doctor had been examining the patient when I last saw him. (Son gördüğümde doktor hastayı muayene ediyordu.)
She was very upset because he had been waiting for more than half an hour