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Past perfect vs. Past perfect progressive tense
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When I arrived at the station, the train had already left.
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Cuando llegue a la estación, el tren ya se había marchado.
Se usa el 'past perfect' para para hablar de algo que sucedió antes de otra acción en el pasado.
Action 1: The train left. Action 2: I arrived at the station.
Para la acción que sucedió después, se usa el 'simple past' .
Para la acción anterior se usa el 'past perfect' o el 'past perfect progressive'.
Action 1: The train left. Action 2: I arrived at the station.
Para la acción que sucedió después, se usa el 'simple past' .
Para la acción anterior se usa el 'past perfect' o el 'past perfect progressive'.
When I arrived at the station, the train had already been whistling for 2 minutes.
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Cuando llegue a la estación, el tren había estado silbando durante dos minutos.
Se usa el 'past perfect progressivep si la 'action 1' estaba sucediendo hasta el momento en que sucedió la 'action 2'. Se centra en la duración del acontecimiento (action 1).
Selecciona la palabra ausente que falta en el espacio en blanco.
On September 1st, a tsunami in the Indian ocean killed five men who had ______
been sitting |
sat |
sitted |
Selecciona la palabra ausente que falta en el espacio en blanco.
She ______
had been wait |
had been waited |
had been waiting |
had waiting |
Consejo
The waves had been hitting the shore since last night before the tsunami came.
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Las olas habían estado golpeando la costa desde ayer por la noche antes de que el tsunami llegara.
Usamos el 'past perfect progressive' para hablar acerca de una acción anterior y larga que había estado en curso de forma continua antes de que sucediera otra acción.
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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.
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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Presta atención al tiempo de las frases subrayadas. Cuando se especifica la duración del acontecimiento tiempo pasado, se usa el 'past perfect progressive'.
En los otros casos, cuando la acción previa ha sido finalizada, se usa el 'simple past perfect'.
En los otros casos, cuando la acción previa ha sido finalizada, se usa el 'simple past perfect'.
Selecciona la palabra ausente que falta en el espacio en blanco.
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 |
Selecciona la palabra ausente que falta en el espacio en blanco.
When the wave got to Bengal, it ______
had reached |
have reached |
had been reaching |
had been reached |
Selecciona la palabra ausente que falta en el espacio en blanco.
By the time it left Bengal, the tsunami ______
has killed |
kill |
had killed |
had been killing |
Selecciona la palabra ausente que falta en el espacio en blanco.
The island was badly damaged and the tsunami ______
had been destroyed |
had destroyed |
Selecciona la palabra ausente que falta en el espacio en blanco.
The reporter ______
had been speaking |
had speaking |
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