Definition,Rules & Examples of Past Perfect Continuous Tense

This tense informs about an action or event which have continued from a certain time or period in the past. 

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Past Perfect Continuous Tense
فعل ماضی مکمل جاری

Past Perfect Continuous Definition in English

“Past Perfect Continuous Tense” informs about an action or event which have continued from a certain time or period in the past.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Rules

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Structure/Formula

Positive Sentence:

Subject + had been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing ) + Object + since/for +                 Time/Period

Negative Sentence:

Subject + had not been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing) + Object + since/for +        Time/Period

Interrogative Sentence

Had + Subject + been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing) + Object + since/for +               Time/Period

Interrogative Negative Sentence:

Had + Subject +not been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing) + Object + since/for +             Time/Period

WH Interrogative Sentence:

WH + had + Subject + been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing) + Object + since/for + Time/Period

فعل ماضی مکمل جاری

فعل ماضی مکمل جاری وہ فعل ہے جس میں ظاہر ہو کہ کوئی کام ماضی میں شروع ہوا اور کچھ دیر تک جاری رہنے کے بعد دوسرے کام سے پہلے ختم ہو گیا-

ہم صبح سے کرکٹ کھیل رہے تھے۔

میں کھاتا رہا تھا

دو گھنٹوں سے بارش ہو رہی تھی -

ہم صبح سے انتظار کر رہے تھے -

وہ دس سالوں سے یہاں رہ رہے تھے -

 وہ صبح سے پڑھ رہی تھی

 وغیرہ

Ø Past Perfect Continuous Verb Form

Verb 4^th Form (1^st form+ ing )

Study - Studying      Eat - Eating   Cook - Cooking     Play – Playing etc

Past Perfect Continuous Helping Verb

For all Subjects

Had Been

Had Been: He – She – It - I - We - They -You -Singular and Plural Noun

Ø Use of Since & For

Since	For
January to December	Years  (for one year) etc
Saturday to Sunday	Months (for one month) etc
O Clock	Weeks (for one ….) etc
Morning, Evening, Night	Hours (for one ….) etc
Noun, Afternoon	Days (for one ….) etc
Since 1990..1995 etc	Minutes (for ten ….) etc
Yesterday	Seconds (for ten ….) etc
	For a long time

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Rules with Examples

Positive Sentence:

Subject + had been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing) + Object + since/for + Time/Period.

Example:

They had been playing football since morning.

Negative Sentence:

Subject + had not been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing)) + Object + since/for + Time/Period

Example:

They had not been playing football  since morning.

Interrogative Sentence:

Had + Subject + been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing) + Object + since/for + Time/Period

Example:

Had they been playing football  since morning.

Interrogative Negative Sentence:

Had + Subject +not been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing)) + Object + since/for + Time/Period

Example:

Had they not been playing football  since morning?

WH Interrogative Sentence:

WH + had + Subject + been + Verb 4^th (1^st form+ing) + Object + since/for + Time/Period

Example:

Why had they been playing football  since morning?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Examples
 Positive, Negative, Interrogative, Interrogative Negative and WH Interrogative Sentences with Urdu Translation

وہ صبح سے پڑھ رہی تھی

She had been studying since morning.

وہ صبح سے نہیں پڑھ رہی تھی

She had not been studying since morning.

کیا وہ صبح سے پڑھ رہی تھی؟

Had she been studying since morning?

کیا وہ صبح سے نہیں پڑھ رہی تھی؟

Had she not been studying since morning?

وہ صبح سے کیوں نہیں پڑھ رہی تھی؟

Why had she not been studying since morning?

ہم صبح سے انتظار کر رہے تھے-

We had been waiting since morning.

ہم صبح سے انتظار کر رہے تھے-

We had not been waiting since morning.

کیا ہم صبح سے انتظار کر رہے تھے؟

Had we been waiting since morning?

ہم صبح سے کیوں انتظار کر رہے تھے؟

Why had we been waiting since morning?

وہ آم کھاتا رہا تھا

He had been eating mangoes.

He had not been eating mangoes.

Had he been eating mangoes?

Had he not been eating mangoes?

When had he been eating mangoes?

ہم کئی گھنٹوں سے انتظار کر رہے تھے-

We had been waiting for many hours.

وہ دس سالوں سے یہاں رہ رہے تھے-

They had been living here for ten years.

وہ کب سے پھل بیچ رہا تھا؟

Since when had he been selling fruit?