PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE


Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used to express an action that began in the past and lasted until other actions in the past. Usage:
1. The duration of past actions to a certain time point in the past too
2. Conditional Sentence Type III
If it hasn't been raining, we would have played football
3. reported speech Ann: I was crying
George: Ann said she had been crying
George: Ann said that he had cried

Formula
Positive (+)
Subject + had + been + verb-ing + object
Negative (-)
Subject + had + not + been + verb-ing + object
Tanya (?)
Had + subject + been + object?

Example of Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
He has been living in Jakarta about ten years (+)
Have you been living in Jakarta about ten years (-) have been living in Jakarta about ten years? (?)

The difference between the Present Perfect Continuous and the Past Perfect Continuous is: The Present Perfect Continuous expresses actions that continue until now while Past Perfect Continuous does not.
He has been playing for two hours
He has been playing for 2 hours (he is still playing or just finished) He has been playing for two hours when arrived
He has played for 2 hours when I arrived (now it is not playing.

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