Předminulý průběhový čas
Používání předminulého průběhového času
Tento čas je podobný jako předpřítomný průběhový čas, rozdíl je v tom, že se vztahuje k události v minulosti, nikoli v přítomnosti. I zde nás však více než výsledek zajímá proces.
Příklady
- Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?
- We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.
- It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.
- Her friends had been thinking of calling the police when she walked in.
Tento tvar se používá také v nepřímé řeči jako ekvivalent minulého/předpřítomného průběhového času z řeči přímé:
- Jane said, "I have been gardening all afternoon." = Jane said she had been gardening all afternoon.
-
When the police questioned him, John said, "I was working late in the office that night." = When the police questioned him, John told them
he had been working late in the office that night.
Tvoření předminulého průběhového času
Minulý průběhový čas se skládá ze dvou částí: předminulého času slovesa to be (=had been) + přítomného příčestí (slovesný kořen + ing).
| Podmět | had been | sloveso + ing |
|---|---|---|
| I | had been | walking |
| Kladný tvar | ||
| She | had been | trying |
| Záporný tvar | ||
| She | hadn't been | sleeping |
| Kladná otázka | ||
| Had you | been | eating? |
| Záporná otázka | ||
| Hadn't they | been | living? |
Předminulý průběhový čas slovesa "TO BUY"
| Kladný tvar | Záporný tvar | Otázka |
|---|---|---|
| I had been buying | I hadn't been buying | Had I been buying? |
| You had been buying | You hadn't been buying | Had you been buying? |
| She had been buying | She hadn't been buying | Had she been buying? |
| We had been buying | We hadn't been buying | Had we been buying? |
| They had been buying | They hadn't been buying | Had they been buying? |