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Had Been, Has Been, Have Been

The document discusses the perfect progressive verb tenses in English - has/have been and had been. It provides examples of how to use the present perfect progressive (has/have been verb-ing) to describe actions that began in the past and continue in the present. The past perfect progressive (had been verb-ing) is used to describe an action that began and ended in the past, often before another past action. Formations and examples of sentences using these tenses with singular and plural subjects are given.

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Had Been, Has Been, Have Been

The document discusses the perfect progressive verb tenses in English - has/have been and had been. It provides examples of how to use the present perfect progressive (has/have been verb-ing) to describe actions that began in the past and continue in the present. The past perfect progressive (had been verb-ing) is used to describe an action that began and ended in the past, often before another past action. Formations and examples of sentences using these tenses with singular and plural subjects are given.

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Had Been, Has Been, Have Been

+ “verb”ing

Part1: Perfect Progressive

HAS been or HAVE been


PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Nagsimula noon at nangyayari pa hanggang ngayon.
FORM : has/have been “verb”-ing for “length of time” (or)
: has/have been “verb”-ing since “date”

EXAMPLE : have been work ing for three years.


: has been work ing since 2012.

HAS
S is singular & if the subject is He, She or It

EXAMPLE : She has been working for three years.

HAVE
S is plural & if the subject is We, You or I

EXAMPLE : I have been working for three years.

HAD been
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Nagsimula noon, nagpatuloy at natapos din noon.

There are 2 actions.

FORM : had been “verb”-ing for “length of time” + “2nd Event”

EXAMPLE : had been work ing for three years when i decided to quit my job.

EXAMPLE : I had been teaching for three years when i decided to quit my job.

I__________ training for the New York marathon for three years.

is
have been
has been
had been

Daniel__________ training for the New York marathon for three years.

is
have been
has been
had been

Daniel__________ training for the New York marathon for three years when he got injured.

is
have been
has been
had been

Daniel__________ training for the New York marathon.

is
have been
has been
had been

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