Tükçesine “devam eden -mişli geçmiş zaman” diyebileceğimiz tense’imiz.
Olumlu cümle yapısı:
I/You/We/They + had been + Ving
He/She/It + had been + Ving
Olumsuz cümle yapısı:
I/You/We/They + had not been (hadn’t been) + Ving
He/She/It + had not been (hadn’t been) + Ving
Soru cümle yapısı:
Had + I/You/We/They + been Ving
Had + He/She/It + been Ving
Bu tense’i, Present Perfect Continuous Tense’in geçmiş hali gibi de düşünebiliriz.
They have been waiting in the line for an hour. Bir saattir sırada bekliyorlar.
They had been waiting in the line for an hour. Bir saatir sırada bekliyorlardı.
She has been studying Maths since the morning. Sabahtan beri Matematik çalışmakta.
She had been studying Maths since the morning. Sabahtan beri Matematik çalışmaktaydı.
Have you been running? Koşuyor musun?
Had you been running? Koşuyor muydun?
Past Perfect Continuous Tense, Past Continuous Tense'in aksine, devam eden ve tamamlanan süreçleri anlatır. Past Continuous Tense ise, genelde, yarıda kesilen eylemlerden bahsederken kullanılır.
They had been waiting in the line for an hour. (Bir saatir sırada bekiyorlardı.)
They were waiting in the line for an hour.🚫 Pek güzel olmaz çünkü bir şey oldu anlamı çıkar.He was studying Maths. Ben baktığımda, Matematik çalışıyordu.
He had been studying Maths. Matematik çalışıyordu ama artık çalışmıyor.
EXAMPLE
I had been cleaning the house all day.
You had been sleeping in your bed all morning.
We had been standing here for hours.
They had been reading this book for two days.
He had been repairing the car.
She had been staying with us since Tuesday.
It had been raining a lot lately.
It had been raining a lot lately.
They had been feeling ill recently.
I had been sleeping for two hourd by the time I woke up at 11.00 PM.
Sarah had been waiting for the bus for over an hour before it finally arrived.
John and Emily had been studying English for several years before they moved to an English-speaking country.
By the time the guests arrived, Mark and Rachel had been preparing dinner for hours.
David realized he had been talking on the phone for so long that he forgot about his appointment.
Before the storm hit, the birds had been singing happily outside for most of the afternoon.
By the time she got home, her children, Alex and Lily, had been playing video games for hours.
Before the concert started, the orchestra had been rehearsing tirelessly for weeks.
When Tom arrived at the party, Jack and Emma had been dancing for hours already.
By the time they reached the summit, Tom and Emily had been climbing the mountain for two days.
Lisa had been working at the company for ten years before she decided to retire.