English Grammar Learning Tips.......Past Perfect Continuous Tense:

 Past Perfect Continuous Tense:-

Introduction:-

1. Use of the first form of the verb plus "ing".
2. Use had been as a helping verb.
3. In negative tense use not after had but before been.
4. In interrogative tense use Had at the beginning of tense.
5. The recognition of tense in Urdu is at the end of the Urdu sentence you can see تے رھے تھے ، تی رھی تھی ، تا رھا تھا۔
6. Use of “since ” for "point in time from past" e.g. since 2000, since 5 O' Clock, since evening, since yesterday, etc.
7. Use of "for"  shows “period of time” e.g. for 9 hours, for 12 minutes, 9 months, 2 weeks, 59 years, etc

Example:-

• Shopkeeper had been keeping his shop well for 2 years.
• Shopkeeper had not been keeping his shop well for 2 years.
• Had the shopkeeper been keeping his shop well for 2 years?
• Shopkeeper had been keeping his shop well since 2020.
• Shopkeeper had not been keeping his shop well since 2020.
• Had the shopkeeper been keeping his shop well since 2020?
• People had been earning through Youtube for many years.