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English does not have any formal past perfect progressive tense, and I doubt that any other language has any such tense, because in English the past perfect tense expresses the fact (or at least belief) that the action or linkage indicated in the basic meaning of the verb occurred and was complete at some time in the past. Example: "By the year 2000, the population of the United States had exceeded 300 million people", where the italicized words are the past perfect tense of "exceed". In contrast, an English progressive tense expresses the idea of continuing action or linkage, which is logically incompatible with the meaning of a past perfect tense. If a foreign language does have a formal past perfect progressive tense, it may be possible to translate such a verb into English by using a present perfect conditional tense, as suggested by one earlier contributor with the example "I would have been walking home from school."
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What are the 5 progressive tense?
The five progressive tenses in English are: present progressive (e.g., I am eating), past progressive (e.g., She was watching), future progressive (e.g., They will be sleeping), present perfect progressive (e.g., We have been studying), and past perfect progressive (e.g., He had been working).
What is the past perfect progressive tense of look?
The past perfect progressive tense of "look" is "had been looking."
Past perfect progressive tense of clean?
The past perfect progressive tense of "clean" is "had been cleaning."
What is the past perfect tense of complain?
The past perfect tense is created with the auxiliary verb had and a past participle. The past perfect tense of complain is had complained. The past perfect progressive tense is created with had + been + a present participle. The past perfect progressive of complain is had been complaining.
What are the types of past progressive tense?
The past progressive tense has two forms: simple past progressive (e.g., "I was reading") and past perfect progressive (e.g., "I had been reading"). Both forms indicate an ongoing action in the past.
What is the past tense of meaning?
The past simple tense is meant.(pronounced ment)The present perfect tense is have/hasmeant, and the past perfect tense is had meant.The past progressive tense is was meaning / were meaning.The past perfect progressive is had been meaning.
What are the 12 tenses?
present tense past tense future tense present perfect tense past perfect tense future perfect tense present progressive tense past progressive tense future progressive tense present perfect progressive tense past perfect progressive tense future perfect progressive tense
What is the past perfect progressive tense of to investigate?
The past perfect progressive tense of "to investigate" is "had been investigating."
Identify the forms of the past tense?
the form of the past tense are past progressive,past perfect progressive,past perfect simple.
What are the 5 progressive tense?
The five progressive tenses in English are: present progressive (e.g., I am eating), past progressive (e.g., She was watching), future progressive (e.g., They will be sleeping), present perfect progressive (e.g., We have been studying), and past perfect progressive (e.g., He had been working).
What is the past perfect progressive tense of look?
The past perfect progressive tense of "look" is "had been looking."
Is running a past progressive or past perfect?
Past progressive tense.
Past perfect progressive tense of clean?
The past perfect progressive tense of "clean" is "had been cleaning."
What is the past perfect tense of complain?
The past perfect tense is created with the auxiliary verb had and a past participle. The past perfect tense of complain is had complained. The past perfect progressive tense is created with had + been + a present participle. The past perfect progressive of complain is had been complaining.
What are the types of past progressive tense?
The past progressive tense has two forms: simple past progressive (e.g., "I was reading") and past perfect progressive (e.g., "I had been reading"). Both forms indicate an ongoing action in the past.
What is the past tense with helping verb for run?
past: ran past perfect: had run past progressive: was/were running past perfect progressive: had been running
What is the past perfect progressive tense of the verb try?
The past perfect progressive tense of the verb "try" is "had been trying."
