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Question and short answer forms part four. The past perfect progressive tense. >> I'm so stupid. >> What's wrong? >> I have been waiting for that day for
so long, and I mess it up, Maria. >> What are you talking about? >> I finally met Linus in
the elevator the other day. I'd been planning for it for so long,
and I didn't even tell him my name. >> Why had you been planning
to meet him in the elevator? >> I just wanted to talk to him. I noticed him a while ago and thought
he was cute, and he seemed different. >> I see. Well, how long had you
been trying to meet him? >> A little after I started working here,
so about five months. >> Wow, you must really like him. Did you know? [SOUND]
>> Linus. >> Hey. Hi again. You guys getting in the elevator? >> Go on without me, Jackie. I forgot something. >> Let's now look at the question form for
the past perfect progressive tense. We've learned from Maria and
Jackie's talk that just a few days ago, Jackie met Linus for
the first time in the elevator. That obviously happened in the past. And further in the past, about five
months ago, was when Jackie saw Linus for the first time. So we can say before the meeting in
the elevator, Jackie had first seen Linus about five months ago using
the past perfect simple form had seen. Between these two past times Jackie
had been trying to meet Linus. We can say before
the meeting in the elevator, Jackie had been trying to meet Linus for
about five months. Now let me ask you an easy yes,
no question. Before Jackie ment Linus for
the first time a few days ago, had she been thinking about him? You could answer yes she had,
or no she hadn't. You are correct if your
answer is yes she had. Jackie liked Linus even
before she met him. So, she had definitely been
thinking a lot about him. Now let's look at the WH
questions Maria asked. Pay close attention to the pattern in the
grammatical structure of these sentences. Why had you been planning to
meet him in the elevator? How long had you been trying to meet him? In forming the WH-questions in
the past perfect progressive tense, notice that the WH-word
goes first followed by had, then the subject followed by been and then the -ing progressive
form of the main verb. Using this form shows than
action happened over time in the past before
a particular past action