(Прошедшее совершенное длительное)

Affirmative (+)				Negative (-)				Interrogative (?)
I you he she it	had	been working		I you he she it	had not	been working		Had	I you he she it	been working?
we you they				we you they					we you they

Contractions

’d = had hadn’t = had not

• Ken gave up smoking two years ago. He’d been smoking for 30 years.

• Had he been smoking for 30 years?

• It had not been raining before. The ground was dry.

The Use of the Past Perfect Continuous

(Употребление прошедшего совершенного длительного времени)

Прошедшее совершенное длительное время употребляется:

1. Для выражения действия, которое началось до определенного момента (или другого действия) в прошлом и продолжалось в этот момент или одновременно с этим другим действием.

I’d been walking for about half an hour when it suddenly started to rain. Mr. Woods had been working for 50 years when he finally retired in 1965.

Я гулял около получаса, когда внезапно начался дождь. Мистер Вудс проработал пятьдесят лет, когда наконец ушел на пенсию в 1965 году.

2. Для выражения действия, которое началось и длилось вплоть до другого действия в прошлом, но одновременно с ним уже не происходило.

I took the book which he had been reading.

Я взял книгу, которую он читал.

FuturePerfectContinuous

(Будущее совершенное длительное)

Affirmative (+)				Negative (-)				Interrogative (?)
I we	shall	have		I we	shall not	have		Shall	I we	have
he she it you they	will	been working		he she it you they	will not	been working		Will	he she it you they	been working?

Contractions

’ll = shall / will shan’t = shall not

won’t = will not

• They will have been shopping for two weeks by Christmas.

• Will they have been shopping for two weeks by Christmas?

• They will not have been shopping for two weeks by Christmas.

The Use of the Future Perfect Continuous