Grade 9, past tenses
Past Perfect Continuous
had been + -ing — going on BEFORE a past moment. Telling stories about yesterday: past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous.
The rule in one line
Subject + had been + Verb①-ing
What is in this lesson
- Short steps5 steps with pictures, sound and instant feedback.
- Chalkboard trickSeven Boxes: all 12 tenses: a picture on the board that makes the rule easy to remember.
- Notes to copyA short note for the exercise book, made for the Sri Lankan classroom.
- Sinhala and Tamil helpPress and hold any English word to see its meaning.
Practise it with games
After the lesson, students pick a game and choose “Past Perfect Continuous”. Every question in the game then uses this lesson, at their grade.
- Tense DetectiveOne sentence is guilty. Can you find it?
- Memory MatchFlip cards and match each sentence with its missing word!
- Flappy VerbyFlap Verby through the gap with the right word!
- Tower Stack 3DBuild a 3D tower — every right answer adds a block!
More lessons: past tenses
Questions parents ask
Which grade learns Past Perfect Continuous?
In English Genius it is a Grade 9 lesson, in the past tenses topic. Students in any later grade can open it again to revise.
How do students practise Past Perfect Continuous?
With games: they choose this lesson inside any of 45 games, so every question uses it. There is also a short note to copy into the exercise book.
How much does it cost?
7 days of everything for Rs. 100, then from Rs. 750 a month.
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