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.”
they had been living there
he had been studying
she had been working
she had started playing piano since she was a child
he had been living with her for 5 years when they finally broke up
I had been working on the laptop for two hours when my daughter said that she was hungry.
The students had been taking the exam since 8 p.m. when their teacher took their exam papers.
He had been waiting for the bus since 7 Am.
The children had been playing outside since the morning.
She had been practicing the piano for hours when her mother called her to dinner.
She had been cooking the stew for hours when her guests arrived.
I had been dying my hair for hours before I went grocery shopping.
He had been going to this gym for years before I moved into this neighborhood.
He had been lying since his birthday but a nightmare stppeh him