[B1] Je gebruikt de past perfect continuous om uit te drukken dat een activiteit plaatsvond in het
verleden (= 1 past perfect continuous) vóór een andere gebeurtenis in het verleden (= 2 past simple).
Je gebruikt de past perfect continuous om aan te geven dat die eerste activiteit een tijdje bezig of aan
de gang was. Kijk dus goed welke activiteit er als eerste plaatsvond.
Bij de past perfect continuous leg je nadruk op de activiteit en de duur van de activiteit in het
verleden. Je kunt de past perfect continuous ook gebruiken om aan te geven dat iets tijdelijk was.
In de zin staan vaak woorden als after, before, when, so, until of since.
We had been talking (1) for a while when he told (2) me the news.
She had been studying (1) in England until she moved (2) to Hong Kong in 2016.
Je maakt de past perfect continuous met had been en een werkwoord met -ing.
I went for a walk after I had been surfing the internet all morning.
How long had you been working on that case when your colleague took over?
Ingrid realised she hadn’t been trying hard enough.
[B2] Je gebruikt de past perfect continuous ook als de activiteit was afgelopen, maar het resultaat van
die activiteit daarna nog merkbaar en relevant was. Zulke zinnen geven informatie over oorzaak-
gevolgrelaties in het verleden.
They had been preparing the meeting for weeks, so it went really well.
It had been snowing all night, so I couldn’t cycle to work; it was too slippery.
She had been doing so well on the assessments that the company offered her a position
immediately.
[B2] Je kunt een past perfect continuous samen met een bijwoord gebruiken. Het bijwoord komt dan
altijd tussen had en been (zie ook word order).
I had only been working at the marketing department for a couple of weeks. Then they moved me to
customer services.
She had already been trying to correct the mistake when her supervisor noticed it.
[B2] Je kunt de past perfect continuous ook gebruiken in een bijzin.
He told me a story about a colleague who had been working on the same project for 20 years before
he retired.
The assignment that had been bugging me all week was suddenly rescheduled to next month.
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