Signal Words for the Past Continuous Tense – At + exact time + past time. Example: + I was playing chess at 10 p.m last night. + We were playing soccer at 6 p.m. yesterday. – In + specified year. Example: + In 2010, he was living in Germany. + In 2019, I was studying for the university entrance exam. – at this time + past time. In this example as in the first one, the progressive verbs has been listening and is standing indicate action underway as some other action takes place. The present perfect progressive verb has been listening suggests action that began in the time frame prior to the main narrative time frame and that is still underway as another action begins. Now complete these sentences using the Past Perfect Continuous: 1 - We apologised because he (wait) for a long time. 2 - Tom (watch) TV for two hours when I arrived. 3 - She (play) trumpet for 3 years before she joined a band. 4 - He was confident because he (rehearse) hard for the show. 5 - How long (she/ learn) English with EC before she went The verb in the past continuous tense is made of two parts: The past tense form of verb ‘to be’ – was/were ‘ing’ form of the base verb. Sentences in the past continuous form have a specified structure: The affirmative sentence structure. subject + past tense form of verb ‘to be’ + base verb+ing. Example: She (subject)+ was (past Rumus past perfect continuous biasanya dibarengi dengan had been dan verb-ing. Karena penggunaan tense ini memang mengacu pada peristiwa yang terjadi di masa lalu. Dengan demikian, past perfect continuous dipakai untuk menyatakan kejadian yang sudah selesai ketika sedang dibicarakan dan punya rentang waktunya. Halaman Selanjutnya. An equivalent of the present perfect continuous The activity began in the past and it has been going on for some time in relation to the moment of speaking in the past: Signal words: for, since, how long Past Perfect Progressive The Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous) is a form of the verb that shows the action or state started in the past and continued until some point in the past. For example: Lisa had been dancing for 2 hours before she got tired. Click here for the full info, rules, examples and exercises on the past perfect progressive 13 Past perfect continuous 14 Past perfect continuous negative 15 Past perfect continuous negative 16 Negative sentences 17 Past perfect continuous negative. Signal words. 18 Past Perfect Progressive signal words. Word order exercises. 19 Past perfect continuous 20 Word order 21 Word order exercises. Tests. 22 Test 1 Past Perfect Continuous 23 Past Perfect Continuous tense Past Perfect Conti nuous Tense digunakan untuk mengungkapkan su atu tindakan yang dimulai di masa lalu dan berlangsung sampai tindakan lain yang di masa lalu. Time Signal Simple Past Future Tense. Time signal yang merupakan keterangan waktu, atau biasa kita sebut juga sebagai adverb of time, dapat menjadi salah satu cara untuk mengetahui bentuk tenses apa yang sedang digunakan dalam sebuah kalimat. Berikut contoh beberapa time signal yang biasa menjadi complement dalam simple past future: Fungsi dan oM4cOv.