? Past Perfect Progressive formation

Regular:

„had“ + „been“ + Infinitive + “-ing“

Just as in the other progressive tenses, the past perfect progressive is formed with the help of the “to be” form “had” and a verb + “-ing“. You should also note that you are keeping the word order (subject, predicate, object).

 

„had“ + „been“ + Infinitive + „-ing“

Also, the negation is not really difficult, as the formation of a “normal” sentence. That means you just have to put a “not” behind the “to be” form (“had”).

 

Irregular:

In contrast, there are no irregular verbs in Past Perfect Progressive.

‼️ What is to be observed in the course of the Past Perfect!

 

Spelling rules to “-ing” formation:

Particularly, making verbs with ing at the end is very simple. However, there are few points to consider:

 

 1. For verbs ending in “-e”:

The “-e” goes away:

• give becomes giving

 

2. Verbs ending in “-er”, “-ur”, “-ir”:

The final consonant is doubled:

• occurs to occurring

 

3. Monosyllabic verbs ending on a stressed consonant:

As with the second rule, the last consonant is doubled here:

• get becomes getting
• swim becomes swimming
• fit becomes fitting

 

4. Verbs ending in “-ie”:

For this purpose, the “-ie” is replaced by a “-y” in the formation:

• lie becomes lying

 

Don’t get it twisted:

Basically, both “had not” and “hadn’t” express the same thing, but when writing you should consider what intension is behind the text

2️⃣ Past Perfect Progressive examples