Short form: I'd been working · Short answers: Yes, I had. / No, I hadn't. · One form for every person
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Had been + -ing
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Always use had been + verb-ing, for every person. Had goes before the subject in questions.Завжди had been + дієслово з -ing, для всіх осіб. У питаннях had стоїть перед підметом.
subject+had been+verb-ing
We had been walking for hours. Ми йшли вже кілька годин.
Had you been waiting long? Ти довго чекав?
They had been wait for an hour.
They had been waiting for an hour.
Типова помилка: Форма had не змінюється за особами: she had been, а не she has been чи she have been.
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Had they been for the bus?
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We been working, so we weren't tired.
hadn't Negative: hadn't been + -ing.
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She had be working there for a year.
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I had been wait for ages.
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How long before a past moment
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Use it with for or since to say how long something had been happening before a point in the past.Вживайте з for або since, щоб сказати, як довго щось тривало до певного моменту в минулому.
subject+had been+verb-ing+for / since+time
I had been waiting for an hour when the bus arrived. Я чекав уже годину, коли приїхав автобус.
It had been raining since morning, so the field was wet. З ранку йшов дощ, тому поле було мокре.
I have been waiting for an hour when the bus arrived.
I had been waiting for an hour when the bus arrived.
Типова помилка: В українській «чекав уже годину, коли…» не відрізняє теперішнє від минулого. В англійській після минулої дії потрібне had been, а не have been.
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He had been living there 2015 when he moved.
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She for the company for ten years when it closed.
had been working Had been + -ing before the closing.
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I have been waiting for an hour when the bus finally came.
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By six o'clock we for three hours.
had been driving Had been + -ing for a duration up to a past moment.
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The cause of a past situation
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Use it to explain a past situation by an activity that had just been happening.Вживайте, щоб пояснити минулу ситуацію дією, яка щойно тривала.
situation+because+subject+had been+verb-ing
Her eyes were red because she had been crying. Її очі були червоні, бо вона плакала.
He was out of breath because he had been running. Він задихався, бо біг.
She was tired because she has been running.
She was tired because she had been running.
Типова помилка: В українській причина й наслідок стоять в одному минулому часі: «була втомлена, бо бігла». В англійській причина раніша, тому had been running.
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The kitchen smelled great. Someone baking.
had been Had been + -ing.
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The floor was wet because it had been rain.
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My hands were dirty. I been working in the garden.
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Why was he angry? He for an hour.
had been waiting Had been + -ing explains the past mood.
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No continuous with state verbs
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Verbs of knowing, owning and feeling stay in the past perfect simple: had known, not had been knowing.Дієслова знання, володіння й почуттів лишаються в past perfect simple: had known, а не had been knowing.
subject+had+known / owned / liked
I had known her for years before we met in person. Я знала її роками, перш ніж ми зустрілися.
They had owned a small shop for a long time. Вони володіли невеликим магазином довгий час.
I had been knowing him for ten years.
I had known him for ten years.
Типова помилка: «Знав його десять років» — I had known him, а не had been knowing. Дієслова know, own, like, want не вживаються в continuous.