以前完成前进时（国外英文资料）.doc

过去完成进行时（国外英文资料） The past is complete in the past There are as many as 16 kinds of English tenses, many very abstract, usually is not used directly but in indirect speech or subjunctive mood, past perfect progressive is an example. In the past, when done, there is a direct impact on the present and ongoing actions relative to the past. In indirect speech or subjunctive mood, the tense cannot be pushed forward, and the backward push is now complete. structure The subject + had + is + v.ng (because it was the past tense) To compare The past when complete with the past for the use of very close, it usually indicates an action or state is in the past, until a time in the past, has yet to be completed, did not end until after the current He had been waiting for two weeks. That time he had been trying to make a deal. He had been writing the letter till two o clock. He had been gambling since He was still gambling at thirty. He had been standing there in the sun. He had been thinking about his marriage. But the tenses do not necessarily mean that this past action will last: He came back at seven. He had been waiting for her two hours. He had been swimming for the last three hours. Special meaning 1) unfinished: He had been writing the novel. 2) in an attempt to: He had been studying the meaning of this proverb. 3) the result: We had been studying what our enemy had said. (But We were not able to understand it.) 4) recent situation: He had been quarrelling with his wife. (lately) 5) repeat: He had been asking me the same question. 6) mood: What had he had been doing? (impatient) The characteristics of This kind of tenses is seldom used in negative sentences, and instead of: He had not practised English for many years. (ordinary) He had not had been practising English for many years. (rare) Such tenses can also be used in the indirect quotations, such as said, supposed, for the present perfect: He said, I have been speaking to John. He thought,What have you had been doing? (