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Le Past
Perfect Be + ing
est
un temps du passé qui permet de faire le bilan d'une action commencée
dans le passé, tout en la considérant dans sa durée.
Ce dernier point le différencie du Past Perfect.
Il se forme avec l'auxiliaire 'had' ('have' au passé), suivi de 'been' (participe passé de 'be'), et du verbe à la forme 'ing'. Pour le verbe 'work', cela donne 'had been working' à toutes les personnes :
| Forme affirmative | Forme négative | Forme interrogative | |||
| complète | contractée | complète | contractée | affirmative | nég. contractée |
| I had been working | I'd been working | I had not been working | I hadn't been working | Had I been working? | Hadn't I been working? |
| he had been working | he'd been working | he had not been working | he hadn't been working | Had he been working? | Hadn't he been working? |
| we had been working | we'd been working | we had not been working | we hadn't been working | Had we been working? | Hadn't we been working? |
| you had been working | you'd been working | you had not been working | you hadn't been working | Had you been working? | Hadn't you been working? |
| they had been working | they'd been working | they had not been working | they hadn't been working | Had they been working? | Hadn't they been working? |
| Exercice | Exercice | Exercice | Exercice | ||
Le Past
Perfect Be + Ving est un des temps du Perfect :
| Simple | be + Ving | |
| Present | I have worked | I have been working |
| Past | I had worked | I had been working |
Le Past
Perfect Be + Ving est un des temps de be + Ving :
| Simple | Perfect | |
| Present | I am working | I have been working |
| Past | I was working | I had been working |