Teoria: Passado Perfeito Contínuo (HAD + BEEN + ING)
Veja em ação: John: "Why were you so tired yesterday?" (Por que você estava tão cansado ontem?)
Ana: "Because I had been running for an hour before I met you." (Porque eu tinha ficado correndo por uma hora antes de te encontrar.)
Usamos o Passado Perfeito Contínuo para focar na duração ou continuidade de uma ação que estava acontecendo *antes* de outra ação no passado.
A fórmula é: Sujeito + HAD + BEEN + Verbo com -ING.
O HAD BEEN (e HAD NOT BEEN / HADN'T BEEN) é usado para *todas* as pessoas.
Contração: 'd been (Ex: I'd been, She'd been).
Exemplos Práticos da Estrutura:
Para todas as pessoas (I, You, He, She, We, They):
Afirmativa: I had (I'd) been working.
Negativa: I had not (hadn't) been working.
Interrogativa:Had I been working?
Afirmativa: He had (He'd) been sleeping.
Negativa: He had not (hadn't) been sleeping.
Interrogativa:Had he been sleeping?
Escolha a forma correta: 1. "I [_____] waiting for an hour when he arrived."
a) had been
b) have been
c) was
2. "She was tired because she [_____] studying all night."
a) has been
b) had been
c) was
3. "[_____] they been living there long before they moved?"
a) Had
b) Have
c) Did
4. "He hadn't [_____] paying attention."
a) be
b) been
c) being
5. "We had been [_____] (drive) for hours."
a) drove
b) driven
c) driving
6. "It [_____] raining all morning."
a) have been
b) had been
c) was
7. "I [_____] (não tinha dormido) well."
a) hadn't been sleeping
b) wasn't sleeping
c) haven't been sleeping
8. "How long [_____] (você tinha) waiting?"
a) have you been
b) had you been
c) were you
9. "She [_____] (tinha trabalhado) there for 20 years."
a) has been working
b) had been working
c) was working
10. "They had been [_____] (correr)."
a) ran
b) run
c) running
Escreva as frases em inglês nas formas afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas: 1. Traduza "Eu tinha estado trabalhando"
2. Traduza "Ela tinha estado dormindo"
3. Traduza "Eles tinham estado jogando"
4. Traduza "Tinha estado chovendo"
5. Traduza "Nós tínhamos estado estudando"
6. Traduza "Você tinha estado dirigindo"
7. Traduza "Ele tinha estado cozinhando"
8. Traduza "Eu tinha estado esperando"
9. Traduza "Ela tinha estado lendo"
10. Traduza "Eles tinham estado assistindo"
Escreva somente uma palavra (had, been, ou o verbo-ing): 1. I [_____] been working.
2. She [_____] been waiting.
3. They had [_____] talking.
4. He had been [_____] (study).
5. We hadn't [_____] sleeping.
6. It hadn't been [_____] (work).
7. [_____] you been running?
8. [_____] she been crying?
9. I had [_____] (be) reading this book for weeks.
