Einführung

Wir verwenden das Perfekt in der Verlaufsform, um über eine kontinuierliche Handlung in der Vergangenheit, die vor einer späteren Handlung in der Vergangenheit begann und bis zu dieser fortgesetzt wurde, zu berichten.

Zum Beispiel:

I	had been running	for six hours by the time	I arrived	at the finish line.
	dies geschah zuerst		dies geschah später

... or:

By the time	I arrived	at the finish line,	I had been running	for six hours.
	dies geschah später		dies geschah zuerst

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

Form

Um das Perfekt in der Verlaufsform zu bilden, verwenden wir:
had / „hadn't been" + „ing"-Form es Hauptverbs.

Zum Beispiel:

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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Übungen

Vervollständigen Sie die Sätze mit der korrekten Form des Perfekts in der Verlaufsform für das Verb in Klammern.

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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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Weitere Übungen

Wählen Sie die richtige Antwort zur Vervollständigung des Satzes: a, b, c oder d
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1)

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

have been dumping

had been dumping

had been dumped

has been dumping

 

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2)

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

had been funding

has funded

has been funding

have been funding

 

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3)

____ on you for a long time?
 

Had been they imposing

Been they had imposing

They had been imposing

Had they been imposing

 

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4)

We ____ the bird for long before it flew away.
 

not had been feeding

hadn't been feeding

had been not feeding

haven't been feeding

 

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5)

What ____ before the meeting started?
 

they had been doing

had they been doing

had been they doing

has they been doing

 

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6)

____ every night?
 

Been he had gambling

Had he been gambling

Had been he gambling

He had been gambling

 

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Please submit the missing answers shown in red
 

Submit