Past Perfect Continuous Tense - Өнгөрсөнд төгсөн үргэлжилж байсан цаг

Рast perfect continouos буюу өнгөрсөнд төгсөн үргэлжлэх цагийг хэрхэн зөв ашиглах, ямар тохиодолд хэрэглэгддэгийг сайн ойлгочихвол энэ цаг бидний ярьдаг шиг тийм хэцүү зүйл биш юм. Past Perfect continоuos гэсэн үгийг орчуулж ойлгох шаардлага огт байхгүй. Хэрэв орчуулбал өнгөрсөнд төгсөн үргэлжилж байсан цаг гэж орчууллагддаг бөгөөд энэ нь суралцагсдын толгойг их эргүүлдэг юм. Тийм учир зүгээр past perfect continоuos гэж ийм цаг байдаг ийм зүйл илэрхийлдэг гээд ойлгочиход л хангалттай.

Form: I/You/We/They/She/he/It: had been + verb+ing

Анхаар ! Бид Past Perfect Continuous ашиглан өнгөрсөнд эхлээд бас өнгөрсөндөө төгссөн зүйлийг илэрхийлдэг.

Жишээ нь:

I had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

(Би тэнд хоёр цагаас илүү хүлээсний эцэсд тэр ирсэн.)

(Зөвшөөрсөн хэлбэр)	(Үгүйсгэсэн хэлбэр)	(Асуусан хэлбэр)
I had been listening	I had not been listening	Had I been listening?
You had been listening	You had not been listening	Had you been listening?
We had been listening	We had not been listening	Had we been listening?
They had been listening	They had not been listening	Had they been listening?
He had been listening	He had not been listening	Had he been listening?
She had been listening	She had not been listening	Had she been listening?
It had been listening	It had not been listening	Had it been listening?