Basic English Grammar Course | Past Perfect Continuous Tense | Learn and Practice

Hi, everybody.

Kumusta, lahat.

I'm Esther.

Ako si Esther.

In this video, I will introduce the past perfect continuous tense.

Sa video na ito, ipakikilala ko ang past perfect continuous tense.

It's a great tense that helps you express an ongoing action

Ito ay isang mahusay na panahunan na tumutulong sa iyong ipahayag ang isang patuloy na pagkilos

in the past continuing up to another point in the past.

sa nakaraan na nagpapatuloy hanggang sa isa pang punto sa nakaraan.

There's a lot to learn, so keep watching.

Maraming dapat matutunan, kaya patuloy na manood.

One usage of the past perfect continuous tense is to talk about an ongoing action in the

Ang isang paggamit ng past perfect continuous tense

ay ang pag-usapan ang tungkol sa isang patuloy na aksyon sa nakaraan

past that continued up to another point in the

na nagpatuloy hanggang sa isa pang punto sa nakaraan.

past.

You can use ‘for’ and a duration to talk about

Maaari mong gamitin ang 'para sa' at isang tagal upang pag-usapan

how long that action was in progress.

kung gaano katagal ang pagkilos na iyon ay isinasagawa.

Here are some examples.

Narito ang ilang mga halimbawa.

‘I had been waiting for the bus for two hours before it arrived.’

' Dalawang oras

na akong naghihintay ng bus bago ito dumating.'

You'll notice that at the beginning.

Mapapansin mo yan sa simula.

Hindi mahalaga kung ano ang paksa,

It doesn't matter what the subject is, we follow with ‘had been’.

sinusunod namin ang 'nagdaan'.

Halimbawa, 'Ako ay naging',

For example, ‘I had been’, ‘Chuck had been’,

'Chuck ay naging',

At 'Tom at Kim ay naging.'

And ‘Tom and Kim had been.’

At pagkatapos ay sinusundan namin ang pandiwa na '-ing'.

And then we follow with the verb ‘-ing’.

‘waiting’.

'naghihintay'.

‘I had been waiting.’

'Kanina pa ako naghihintay.'

Now this is the ongoing action that happened first.

Ngayon ito ang patuloy na aksyon na unang nangyari.

Again, four and two hours shows the duration.

Muli, ipinapakita ng apat at dalawang oras ang tagal.

The second part says, ‘it arrived’.

Ang ikalawang bahagi ay nagsasabing, 'ito ay dumating'.

This verb is in the past simple tense.

Ang pandiwang ito ay nasa past simple tense.

Samakatuwid, iyon ang pangalawang aksyon.

Therefore, that is the second action.

It's the action that this first action happened until this action happened,

Ito ang aksyon na nangyari ang unang aksyon na ito

hanggang sa nangyari ang aksyon na ito,

so again, ‘I had been waiting for the bus,’ happened

kaya muli,

'Naghintay ako ng bus,' unang nangyari.

first.

And then, it happened until the bus arrived.

At pagkatapos, nangyari ito hanggang sa dumating ang bus.

‘Chuck had been cooking,’ Again, that part's easy.

'Nagluto si Chuck,'

Muli, madali ang bahaging iyon.

No matter what’s the subject, we say ‘had been’ and then verb ‘-ing’.

Anuman ang paksa,

sinasabi namin ang 'nagdaan' at pagkatapos ay pandiwa '-ing'.

Again, I can show how long Chuck had been cooking by saying ‘for an hour’, showing

Muli, maipapakita ko kung gaano katagal

nagluluto si Chuck sa pamamagitan ng pagsasabi ng 'para sa isang oras',

the duration.

na ipinapakita ang tagal.

And then, I finished by saying, ‘before he finished’.

And then, I finished by saying, 'bago siya tapos'.

He had been cooking up to this point in the past.

Siya ay nagluluto hanggang sa puntong ito sa nakaraan.

Finally, ‘Tom and Kim had been walking,’ This part should be familiar to you by now,

Sa wakas, 'Naglalakad sina Tom at Kim,'

Ang bahaging ito ay dapat na pamilyar sa iyo sa ngayon,

‘for an hour’ Again, that shows duration.

'sa loob ng isang oras'

Muli, na nagpapakita ng tagal.

‘before they rested.’

'bago sila nagpahinga.'

So they had been walking for an hour before they took a break.

Kaya isang oras na silang naglalakad

bago sila nagpahinga.

Before they rested.

Bago sila nagpahinga.

Let's move on.

Mag-move on na tayo.

Ang past perfect continuous tense ay ginagamit din upang ipahayag

The past perfect continuous tense is also used to express cause and effect in the

ang sanhi at bunga sa nakaraan.

past.

The verb that's in the past perfect continuous tense shows the cause,

Ang pandiwa na nasa past perfect continuous tense

ay nagpapakita ng dahilan, kung bakit nangyari ang isang bagay.

why something happened.

We can use ‘because’ or ‘so’ to show the cause and effect.

Maaari nating gamitin ang 'dahil' o 'kaya'

upang ipakita ang sanhi at bunga.

Here, I'll explain.

Dito, ipapaliwanag ko.

‘Jason was tired because he had been jogging.’

'Pagod si Jason dahil nagjo-jogging siya.'

The first part of the sentence is in the past tense.

Ang unang bahagi ng pangungusap ay nasa past tense.

‘Jason was tired,’ However, we see ‘why?’

'Pagod si Jason,'

Gayunpaman, nakikita natin 'bakit?'

Well, because, ‘he had been jogging’.

Well, kasi, 'nagjogging siya'.

Ang ikalawang bahagi ng pangungusap na ito ay

The second part of this sentence is in the past perfect continuous tense.

nasa past perfect continuous tense.

‘he had been’, remember no matter what the subject,

'siya ay naging',

tandaan kahit na ano ang paksa,

we follow with ‘had been’ and jogging – ‘verb -ing’.

sinusundan namin ng 'nagdaan' at jogging - 'pandiwa -ing'.

‘he had been jogging’ This shows why Jason was tired.

'he had been jogging'

This shows why Jason was tired.

The next sentence says, ‘The pavement’ or it ‘was wet because

Ang susunod na pangungusap ay nagsasabing,

'Ang simento' o

ito ay 'basa dahil umuulan.'

it had been raining.’

Similar to the first sentence, ‘it had been raining’ shows the cause.

Katulad ng unang pangungusap,

ang 'it had been raining' ay nagpapakita ng dahilan.

Why was the pavement wet?

Bakit basa ang simento?

‘The pavement was wet because it had been raining.’

'Basa ang semento dahil umuulan.'

Sa pangungusap na ito, nakikita natin ang kaunting pagkakaiba.

In this sentence, we see a little difference.

‘The children had been playing’ Again, this is the past perfect continuous

'Naglalaro ang mga bata'

Muli, ito ang past perfect continuous tense.

tense.

‘had been playing’ The second part says, ‘the room was a mess’.

'naglalaro'

Ang ikalawang bahagi ay nagsasabing, 'ang silid ay magulo'.

So here, instead of ‘because’ like the first two sentences,

Kaya dito, sa halip na 'dahil'

tulad ng unang dalawang pangungusap, ginamit ko 'kaya'.

I used ‘so’.

So the order has been changed but the meaning is the same.

Kaya binago ang pagkakasunud-sunod ngunit pareho ang kahulugan.

This, ‘the children had been playing’ is why the room was a mess.

Ito, 'naglalaro ang mga bata'

kaya ang gulo ng kwarto.

This is the cause and this is the effect.

Ito ang sanhi at ito ang epekto.

Mag-move on na tayo.

Let's move on.

Now let's go into the negative form of the past perfect continuous tense.

Ngayon ay pumunta tayo sa negatibong anyo ng

past perfect continuous tense.

Here are some examples.

Narito ang ilang mga halimbawa.

‘I had not been working for a day before I quit.’

'Isang araw akong hindi nagtatrabaho bago ako huminto.'

So no matter what the subject ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘she’, or ‘it’,

Kaya kahit na ano ang paksang 'ako', 'ikaw', 'siya', o 'ito',

just like in the affirmative, we say ‘had’, but after the ‘had’, in the negative form,

tulad ng sa affirmative, sinasabi nating 'mayroon',

ngunit pagkatapos ng 'mayroon',

sa negatibong anyo, idinadagdag natin ang ' hindi'.

we add ‘not’. ‘had not’

'hindi pa'

‘had not’ or you can use the contraction ‘hadn't’.

'wala pa'

o maaari mong gamitin ang contraction na 'wala pa'.

Which is a combination of ‘had’ and ‘not’ together.

Na isang kumbinasyon ng 'nagkaroon' at 'hindi' magkasama.

‘I had not been working’ The rest of the sentence is the same.

'Hindi ako nagtatrabaho'

Ang natitirang bahagi ng pangungusap ay pareho.

‘been + verb -ing’ ‘I had not been working for a day before

'been + verb -ing'

'Isang araw akong hindi nagtatrabaho bago ako huminto.'

I quit.’

The next sentence says, ‘You had not been cutting onions for long

Ang susunod na pangungusap ay nagsasabing,

'Matagal ka nang hindi naghihiwa ng sibuyas bago ka umiyak.'

before you cried.’

Again, the ‘not’ goes between ‘had’ and ‘been’.

Muli, ang 'hindi' ay napupunta sa pagitan ng 'nagkaroon' at 'naging'.

‘She hadn't been studying for long when she fell asleep.’

'Matagal na siyang hindi nag-aaral nang siya ay nakatulog.'

Here, we have the contraction.

Dito, mayroon tayong contraction.

At sa wakas,

And finally, ‘It hadn't been snowing for long when it

'Hindi pa nag-snow nang matagal nang tumigil ito.'

stopped.’

Again, we have the contraction for ‘had not’ here.

Muli, mayroon kaming contraction para sa 'wala pa' dito.

You'll notice that in the first two sentences, I used ‘before’.

Mapapansin mo na sa unang dalawang pangungusap,

ginamit ko 'noon'.

And in the last two, I used ‘when’.

At sa huling dalawa, ginamit ko ang 'kailan'.

Either one can be used to show when the first action stopped.

Maaaring gamitin ang alinman sa isa upang ipakita kung kailan huminto ang unang pagkilos.

Let's move on.

Mag-move on na tayo.

Ngayon ay pumunta tayo sa kung paano bumuo ng mga pangunahing tanong

Now let's go into how to form basic questions in the past perfect continuous tense.

sa nakaraang perpektong tuloy-tuloy na panahunan.

Here is the first example.

Narito ang unang halimbawa.

‘He had been driving all day before he arrived.’

'Buong araw siyang nagmamaneho bago siya dumating.'

Now, to turn this into a question, all we have to do is change the order of the first

Ngayon, para gawing tanong ito,

ang kailangan lang nating gawin ay baguhin ang pagkakasunud-sunod ng unang dalawang salita.

two words.

Instead of ‘He had’, now I can say, ‘Had he’, in order to form a question.

Sa halip na 'Meron siya', ngayon ay masasabi kong, 'Had he',

para makabuo ng tanong.

‘Had he been driving all day before he arrived?’

'Buong araw ba siyang nagmamaneho bago siya dumating?'

The next sentence says, ‘The dog had been barking because it was

Ang susunod na pangungusap ay nagsasabing,

'Ang aso ay tumatahol dahil ito ay natakot.'

scared.’

In this case, the subject is ‘The dog’.

Sa kasong ito, ang paksa ay 'Ang aso'.

And then we follow with ‘had’.

At pagkatapos ay sinusundan namin ng 'may'.

Upang gawing tanong ito, muli, inililipat namin ang pagkakasunud-sunod.

To turn this into a question, again, we switch the order.

‘Had the dog been barking because it was scared?’

'Tumahol ba ang aso dahil sa takot?'

Mapapansin mo na sa tanong,

You'll notice that in the question, the rest of the words stay in the same place.

ang natitirang mga salita ay mananatili sa parehong lugar.

Ngayon, sa unang tanong,

Now, in the first question, we're asking how long an action happened,

itinatanong namin kung gaano katagal nangyari ang isang aksyon,

or how long it was ongoing in the past.

o kung gaano ito katagal nagpapatuloy sa nakaraan.

And in this question, we ask about cause and effect.

At sa tanong na ito,

nagtatanong kami tungkol sa sanhi at epekto.

Let's move on.

Mag-move on na tayo.

Now, I'll introduce how to form WH questions in the past perfect continuous tense.

Ngayon, ipapakilala ko kung paano bumuo ng mga tanong sa WH

sa nakaraang perpektong tuloy-tuloy na panahunan.

Take a look at these examples.

Tingnan ang mga halimbawang ito.

You'll notice that they all start with a WH word.

Mapapansin mong lahat sila ay nagsisimula sa isang WH na salita.

Why, where, what, and who.

Bakit, saan, ano, at sino.

You might also have noticed that after we have ‘had’.

Maaaring napansin mo rin iyon pagkatapos nating 'magkaroon'.

‘Why had’ ‘Where had’

'Why had'

'Where had' 'What had' and 'Who had'

‘What had’ and ‘Who had’

Sa unang tanong,

In the first question, after that comes the subject.

pagkatapos ay dumating ang paksa.

‘Why had you’ And then ‘been + verb -ing’

'Why had you'

At pagkatapos ay 'been + verb -ing'

At iyon ang parehong pattern na sinusunod namin

And that's the same pattern we follow for all of these sentences.

para sa lahat ng mga pangungusap na ito.

So ‘Why had you been studying so much?’

Kaya 'Bakit ka nag-aral nang husto?'

I can answer by saying, ‘I had been studying so much because I have

Masasabi kong,

'Marami akong nag-aaral dahil may pagsusulit ako.'

a test.’

‘Where had you been traveling before you came here?’

'Saan ka naglalakbay bago ka pumunta rito?'

I can say, ‘I had been traveling through Asia.’

Masasabi kong, 'Naglalakbay ako sa Asia.'

‘What had they been playing before they played soccer?’

'Ano ang nilalaro nila bago sila naglaro ng soccer?'

Masagot ko, 'Naglalaro sila ng baseball.'

I can answer, ‘They had been playing baseball.’

And finally, ‘Who had she been talking to before she

At panghuli,

'Sino ang kausap niya bago siya umalis ng bahay?'

left home?’

I can answer, ‘She had been talking to her boyfriend.’

Masagot ko, 'Kanina pa niya kinakausap ang boyfriend niya.'

Let's move on.

Mag-move on na tayo.

Magsimula tayo ng checkup para sa past perfect continuous tense.

Let's start a checkup for the past perfect continuous tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Tingnan ang unang pangungusap.

It says, ‘They __ for a long time before they went home.’

Sinasabi nito, 'Matagal silang __ bago sila umuwi.'

Try to fill in the blank with the verb ‘work’ in this tense.

Subukang punan ang patlang ng pandiwa na 'trabaho' sa panahong ito.

Remember, no matter what the subject, we follow the subject with ‘had been’.

Tandaan, anuman ang paksa,

sinusunod natin ang paksa ng 'nagdaan'.

So we say, ‘They had been’.

Kaya sinasabi namin, 'Naging sila'.

What happens to the verb?

Ano ang nangyayari sa pandiwa?

Remember, we add ‘-ing’.

Tandaan, idinaragdag namin ang '-ing'.

So the sentence is, ‘They had been working for a long time before they went home.’

Kaya ang pangungusap ay,

'Matagal na silang nagtatrabaho

bago sila umuwi.'

Now, take a look at the second sentence.

Ngayon, tingnan ang pangalawang pangungusap.

I want you to use the negative.

Gusto kong gamitin mo ang negatibo.

‘I __ TV for a year before I started again.’

'Ako __ TV para sa isang taon bago ako magsimula muli.'

Remember, the negative form for this tense starts with the subject

Tandaan, ang negatibong anyo para sa panahunan na ito

ay nagsisimula sa paksa at pagkatapos ay 'hindi naging'.

and then ‘had not been’.

Or I can use the contraction ‘hadn't’.

O maaari kong gamitin ang contraction na 'wala pa'.

‘I hadn't been’ And then again, verb ‘-ing’.

'Hindi ako naging'

At pagkatapos ay muli, pandiwa '-ing'.

‘I hadn't been watching TV for a year before I started again.’

'Isang taon akong hindi nanonood ng TV

bago ako nagsimulang muli.'

Now, try to find the mistake in this next sentence.

Ngayon, subukang hanapin ang pagkakamali sa susunod na pangungusap na ito.

‘Gina and I hadn't been do any work before we started.’

'Wala kaming ginagawa ni Gina bago kami magsimula.'

What's the error?

Ano ang error?

You'll notice that the verb does not have an ‘-ing’.

Mapapansin mo na ang pandiwa ay walang '-ing'.

To make the sentence correct, we must say, ‘Gina and I hadn't been doing

Upang gawing tama ang pangungusap,

dapat nating sabihin,

'Wala kaming ginagawa ni Gina bago kami magsimula.'

any work before we started.’

Now, find the mistake here.

Ngayon, hanapin ang pagkakamali dito.

‘He had be watching YouTube because he had some free time.’

'Siya ay nanonood ng YouTube

dahil mayroon siyang libreng oras.'

‘He had’, that's correct, but we need to change ‘be’ to been’.

'Nagkaroon siya', tama iyon,

ngunit kailangan nating baguhin ang 'maging' naging'.

And ‘watching’ is correct.

At tama ang 'pagmamasid'. Kaya,

So, ‘He had been watching YouTube because he had some free time.’

'Siya ay nanonood ng YouTube

dahil mayroon siyang libreng oras.'

Let's move on.

Mag-move on na tayo.

Now, let's move on to another checkup of the past perfect continuous tense.

Ngayon, lumipat tayo sa isa pang pagsusuri

ng past perfect continuous tense.

Take a look at the first example.

Tingnan ang unang halimbawa.

It says, ‘The company __ employees because they worked hard.’

Sinasabi nito, 'Ang kumpanya ay __ empleyado

dahil sila ay nagtrabaho nang husto.'

Use the verb ‘promote’ in the past perfect continuous tense.

Gamitin ang pandiwang 'promote' sa past perfect continuous tense.

Remember, no matter what the subject, we follow with ‘had been’.

Tandaan, anuman ang paksa,

sinusunod natin ang 'nagdaan'.

Kaya sinasabi namin, 'The company had been' at pagkatapos ay verb '-ing',

So we say, ‘The company had been’ and then verb ‘-ing’, so ‘promoting’.

kaya 'promoting'.

‘The company had been promoting employees because they worked hard.’

'Ang kumpanya ay nagsusulong ng mga empleyado

dahil sila ay nagtrabaho nang husto.'

The next example says, ‘I __ your emails for a while because they went to the spam

Ang susunod na halimbawa ay nagsasabing,

'Ako __ ang iyong mga email saglit

dahil napunta sila sa folder ng spam.'

folder.’

Here, try to use the negative form with the verb ‘get’.

Dito, subukang gamitin ang negatibong anyo

na may pandiwa na 'kumuha'.

Remember, in the negative form, we say ‘had not been getting’

Tandaan, sa negatibong anyo,

sinasabi nating 'hindi pa nakukuha'

O ang contraction ay 'hindi nakukuha'.

Or the contraction ‘hadn't been getting’.

‘I hadn't been getting your emails for a while because they went to the spam folder.’

'Matagal ko nang hindi natatanggap ang iyong mga email

dahil napunta sila sa folder ng spam.'

Now look for the mistake in the next sentence.

Ngayon hanapin ang pagkakamali sa susunod na pangungusap.

‘I had been work a lot because I needed the money.’

'Matagal akong nagtrabaho dahil kailangan ko ng pera.'

What's the mistake?

Ano ang mali?

Remember, we need to add ‘-ing’ to the verb.

Tandaan, kailangan nating magdagdag ng '-ing' sa pandiwa.

‘I had been working a lot because I needed the money.’

'Matagal akong nagtatrabaho dahil kailangan ko ng pera.'

The last sentence says, ‘He has been smoking because he was stressed.’

Ang huling pangungusap ay nagsasabing,

'Naninigarilyo siya dahil na-stress siya.'

Can you find the mistake?

Maaari mong mahanap ang pagkakamali?

Remember, we're practicing the past perfect continuous.

Tandaan, nagsasanay kami ng past perfect tuluy-tuloy.

In this case, we need ‘had’ after the subject, not ‘has’.

Sa kasong ito, kailangan natin ng 'may' pagkatapos ng paksa, hindi 'may'.

Great job, everyone.

Mahusay na trabaho, lahat. Mag-move on na tayo.

Let's move on.

Magandang trabaho sa pag-aaral ng isa pang mahirap na English grammar tense.

Good job learning another difficult English grammar tense.

The past perfect continuous can be tricky, but with time and practice, you will get better.

Ang nakaraang perpektong tuloy-tuloy ay maaaring nakakalito,

ngunit sa oras at pagsasanay,

ikaw ay magiging mas mahusay.

English is not always easy, but always do your best and never give up.

Ang Ingles ay hindi laging madali,

ngunit laging gawin ang iyong makakaya at huwag sumuko.

I'll see you in the next video.

Magkita-kita tayo sa susunod na video.