Pasado perfecto

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Pasado Perfecto Continuo
Así se forma el pasado perfecto continuo en su forma afirmativa: Sujeto + had + been + verbo principal acabado en -ing • Afirmativa
forma contraidaforma completa

I You He / she / it We You They

had been working had been working had been working had been working had been working had been working

I´d been working you´d been workinghe/she/it´d been working we´d been working you´d been working they´d been working

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Negación
forma contraída

forma completa

I You He / she / it We You They

had not been working had notbeen working had not been working had not been working had not been working had not been working

I You He / she / it We You They

hadn´t been working hadn´t been working hadn´t been working hadn´tbeen working hadn´t been working hadn´t been working

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Interrogación
respuesta breve + respuesta breve -

Had I been working? Had you been working? Had he/she/it been working? Had we beenworking? Had you been working? Had they been working?

Yes, I had Yes, you had Yes, he/she/it had Yes, we had Yes, you had Yes, they had

No, I hadn´t No, you hadn´t No, he/she/it hadn´t No, wehadn´t No, you hadn´t No, they hadn´t

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El pasado perfecto contínuo se utiliza para expresar acciones o situaciones que se produjeron durante cierto tiempo en el pasado y finalizaron en un momentoconcreto también del pasado, o poco antes de ese momento: Jim had been watching TV all evening when she phoned. I had been doing some work before going to bed. They had been trying to save for the summerholidays. Her parents had been trying to persuade her for weeks but she didn´t listen to them.

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El pasado perfecto continuo enfatiza la duración de una acción o situación, mientras que elpasado perfecto se refiere más a la finalización de una actividad o sus efectos: She had been phoning for hours but she hadn´t got any answer.

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