Tiempos Verbales en Inglés

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

 

Progressive Past Perfect

What had you been doing? ¿Qué habías estado haciendo?

subject + had + been + 1 > "ing"

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go

 went

gone
Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I had been going

I hadn't been going

Had I been going ?

You had been going

You hadn't been going

Had you been going ?

He had been going

He hadn't been going

Had he been going ?

She had been going

She hadn't been going

Had she been going ?

It had been going

It hadn't been going

Had it been going ?

We had been going

We hadn't been going

Had we been going ?

You had been going

You hadn't been going

Had you been going ?

They had been going

They hadn't been going

Had they been going ?

Affirmative

subject + had + been + 1 > "ing"

I had been going to New York - Había estado yendo a New York

He had been going to New York - El había estado yendo a New York

Negative

subject + hadn't + been + 1 > "ing"

I hadn't been going to New York - No había estado yendo a New York

He hadn't been going to New York - El no había estado yendo a New York

Interrogative

Had + subject + been + 1 > "ing" ?

Had I been going to New York? - ¿Había estado yo yendo a New York ?

Had he been going to New York? - ¿Había estado él yendo a New York?
 

usos del pasado perfecto continuo

Resalta la duración de una acción que ocurrió en el pasado antes que otra.

I was very tired when I arrived home. I had been working hard all day.
 Estaba muy cansado cuando llegué a casa. Había estado trabajando mucho todo el día.

Ken had been smoking for 30 years when he finally gave it up.
 Ken había estado fumando durante treinta años cuando finalmente dejó de fumar.

The soccer game had to be stopped. They had been playing for half an hour when a terrible storm began.
 El partido de fútbol tuvo que ser detenido. Habían estado jugando durante media hora cuando empezó una espantosa tormenta.
 

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