She had been going there since she was ten years old
میتوان از گذشته کامل استمراری برای صحبت در مورد یک عمل یا رویدادی که قبل از یک نقطه در گذشته شروع شده و تا آن نقطه ادامه داشته است، استفاده کرد. اغلب با ‘for’ یا ‘since’ برای ارائه اطلاعات پسزمینه استفاده میشود.
مثالها:
“I know it very well because we had been exchanging letters for a long time.”
“She had been going there since she was ten years old.”
“He began to think about his own thoughts while he was smoking a cigarette (he had been smoking since he was a child, since he was 12), when suddenly the curtain moved.”
“I had been waiting for you for hours when you finally arrived.” <‘A common expression’>
تمرین
- جملات زیر را با استفاده از گذشته کامل استمراری کامل کنید:
“They __ (live) in that house for years before they decided to move.”
“He __ (study) for the exam since last week.”
“She __ (work) at the company for five years when she got promoted.”
پاسخها:
“They had been living in that house for years before they decided to move.”
“He had been studying for the exam since last week.”
“She had been working at the company for five years when she got promoted.”
پاسخها