Past Perfect Continuous - EnglishGuruji

How to identify

वाक्यों के अंत में रहा था , रही थी, रहे थे शब्द आते है एवं समय आता है। For example –

वह 2 घंटे से खेल रहा था।

Rules

Subject + Had Been + 1^st Form of the Verb + Ing + Object + Since/For + Time

Example

Subject	Had Been	1^st Form of Verb + ing	Object	Since/For	Time
I	had been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
You	had been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
We	had been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
They	had been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
Rohan	had been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
He	had been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.

Note:

Since का प्रयोग निश्चित समय के लिए होता है जैसे २ बजे से , रविवार से , जून से , 2012 से etc.
For का प्रयोग अनिश्चित समय के लिए होता है जैसे 4 घंटे से ,10 दिन से, कई वर्षो से etc.

Negative

Rules

Subject + Had + Not + Been + 1^st Form of the Verb + Ing + Object + Since/For + Time

Example

Subject	Had Not Been	1st Form of Verb + ing	Object	Since/For	Time
I	had not been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
You	had not been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
We	had not been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
They	had not been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
Rohan	had not been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.
He	had not been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours.

Interrogative

Rules

Had + Subject + Been + 1^st Form of the Verb + Ing + Object + Since/For + Time + Question Mark (?)

Example

Had	Subject	Been	1st Form of Verb + ing	Object	Since/For	Time
Had	I	been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours?
Had	you	been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours?
Had	we	been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours?
Had	they	been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours?
Had	Rohan	been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours?
Had	he	been	playing	cricket	for	2 hours?