TÓM TẮT:

Ðể diễn tả một hành động kéo dài, ÐÃ CHẤM DỨT ở một thời diểm trong quá khứ.

Không có Past perfect progressive cho "To be". "Had been Being" được diễn tả bằng "Had been" .



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THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE indicates a continuous action that was completed at some point in the past.

This tense is formed with the modal "HAD" plus "BEEN," plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending):

"I had been working in the garden all morning. George had been painting his house for weeks, but he finally gave up."

I hadn't been going
You hadn't been going
He hadn't been going
We hadn't been going
You hadn't been going
They hadn't been going


To say how long st had been happening before something else happened

It had been raining (the sun was shining and the ground was wet it had stopped raining. )

I was very tired when I arrived home , I had been working hard all day

He was out of breath . He had been running

The house was quiet when I got home. Everybody had gone to bed.

Tom wasn't there when I arrived : he had just gone out

The man was a complete st ranger to me . I had never seen before.

Bill no longer had his car: he had sold it


NOTE:

There is no past perfect progressive for the "to be" verb. "Had been being" is expressed simply as "had been":

"We had been successful before, but we somehow lost our knack."
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5- TƯƠNG LAI/TƯƠNG LAI TIẾP DIỄN

THÌ TƯƠNG LAI ÐƠN

Khi quí vị đoán (predict, guess), dùng will hoặc be going to.
Khi quí vị chỉ dự định trước, dùng be going to không được dùng will.

CHỦ TỪ + AM (IS/ARE) GOING TO + ÐỘNG TỪ (ở hiện tại: simple form)

Khi quí vị diễn tả sự tình nguyện hoặc sự sẵn sàng, dùng will không được dùng be going to.

CHỦ TỪ + WILL + ÐỘNG TỪ (ở hiện tại: simple form)
ÐOÁN: Dùng cả WILL lẫn BE GOING TO
According to the reporter, it will be sunny tomorrow. HOẶC

According to the reporter, it is going to be sunny tomorrow.

I'm going to study tomorrow. (không được dùng WILL)

I will help you do your homework. (không được dùng BE GOING TO)

THÌ TƯƠNG LAI TIẾP DIỄN

Thì tương lai tiếp diễn diễn tả hành động sẽ xảy ra ở 1 thời điểm nào đó trong tương lai.
CHỦ TỪ + WILL + BE + ÐỘNG TỪ THÊM -ING hoặc

CHỦ TỪ + BE GOING TO + BE + ÐỘNG TỪ THÊM -ING
I will be watching the "Wheel of Fortune" show when you call tonight.
Don't come to my house at five. I am going to be eating.

Cụm và từ ngữ chỉ thời gian: In the future, next year, next week, next time, and soon