Εισαγωγή

Χρησιμοποιούμε τον υπερσυντέλικο διαρκείας για να μιλήσουμε για μια διαρκή πράξη στο παρελθόν που ξεκίνησε και συνεχίστηκε μέχρι μια παρελθοντική πράξη αργότερα.

Για παράδειγμα:

I	had been running	for six hours by the time	I arrived	at the finish line.
	αυτό συνέβη πρώτα		αυτό συνέβη αργότερα

... or:

By the time	I arrived	at the finish line,	I had been running	for six hours.
	αυτό συνέβη αργότερα		αυτό συνέβη πρώτα

The bus was late. I had been waiting for 30 minutes when it finally arrived.

Τύπος

Για να φτιάξουμε τον υπερσυντέλικο διαρκείας, χρησιμοποιούμε:
had / "hadn't been" + τον "ing" τύπο του κυρίως ρήματος.

Για παράδειγμα:

I You He / She / It We They	had (or: I'd / She'd / They'd, etc)	been	lying	in the sun for hours.
	hadn't (had not)

Had

I You He / She / It We They

been

lying

in the sun for hours?

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Εξάσκηση

Συμπλήρωσε τις προτάσεις με το σωστό τύπο του υπερσυντέλικου διαρκείας του ρήματος στις αγκύλες.

.

1)

Because it    for days, the pitch was soaked. (rain)

 

2)

She    the flowers so they all died. (not water)

 

3)

   the computer? (they use)

 

4)

Peter    for a new job for months when he finally found one in London. (look)

 

Please submit the missing answers shown in red
 

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Περισσότερη εξάσκηση

Διάλεξε τη σωστή απάντηση για να συμπληρώσεις την πρόταση: a, b, c ή d.
.

1)

When the investigation began, the factory ____ toxic waste for years.
 

has been dumping

had been dumped

have been dumping

had been dumping

 

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2)

She ____ her brother's lifestyle for years before she died.
 

has funded

have been funding

has been funding

had been funding

 

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3)

____ on you for a long time?
 

They had been imposing

Had they been imposing

Had been they imposing

Been they had imposing

 

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4)

We ____ the bird for long before it flew away.
 

not had been feeding

hadn't been feeding

haven't been feeding

had been not feeding

 

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5)

What ____ before the meeting started?
 

has they been doing

had been they doing

they had been doing

had they been doing

 

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6)

____ every night?
 

He had been gambling

Had been he gambling

Been he had gambling

Had he been gambling

 

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Please submit the missing answers shown in red
 

Submit