Past perfect vs. Past perfect progressive tense
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Lesson 274
Past perfect vs. Past perfect progressive tense
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When I arrived at the station, the train had already left. = Quando cheguei à estação, o trem já havia saído.
É usado o 'past perfect' para falar sobre algo que aconteceu antes de outra ação no passado.
Action 1: The train left. Action 2: I arrived at the station.
Para a ação que aconteceu depois, é usado o 'simple past' .
Para a ação anterior, é usado o 'past perfect' ou o 'past perfect progressive'.
When I arrived at the station, the train had already been whistling for 2 minutes. = Quando cheguei à estação, o trem já estava assobiando por 2 minutos.
É usado o 'past perfect progressive\' se a 'action 1' estava acontecendo até ao momento em que aconteceu a 'action 2'. Centra-se na duração do acontecimento (action 1).
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On September 1st, a tsunami in the Indian ocean killed five men who had ______
been sitting
sat
sitted
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She ______
had been wait
had been waited
had been waiting
had waiting
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The waves had been hitting the shore since last night before the tsunami came. = As ondas haviam atingido a costa, desde a noite passada, antes do tsunami chegar.
Usamos o 'past perfect progressive' para falar sobre uma ação anterior e longa, que tinha estado em curso, continuamente, antes de acontecer outra ação.
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I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early because the show started at 8:00. I had been trying to get tickets for that play for months, and I didn't want to miss it.
By the time I finally left the coffee shop where we were supposed to meet, I had had five cups of coffee and I had been waiting over an hour. I had to leave because I had arranged to meet Joe in front of the theater.
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Preste atenção ao tempo das frases sublinhadas. Quando especificada a duração do acontecimento do tempo passado, é usado o 'past perfect progressive'.
Nos outros casos, quando a ação anterior tiver sido finalizada, é usado o 'simple past perfect'.
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They had ______
been thinking
been thought
been think
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A lot of smoke came in because I ______
had forgotten
have forgotten
had been forgotten
had been forgetting
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The same Tsunami reached Bengal four hours later, after it ______
had traveling
had been traveled
had traveled
had been traveling
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It reached Bengal 4 hours later, after it had traveled 3,620 kilometers. This means that it ______
had been moving
had been moved
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When the wave got to Bengal, it ______
had reached
have reached
had been reaching
had been reached
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By the time it left Bengal, the tsunami ______
has killed
kill
had killed
had been killing
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The island was badly damaged and the tsunami ______
had been destroyed
had destroyed
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The reporter ______
had been speaking
had speaking
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