I'm Esther.

我是以斯帖。

Let's start a checkup for the past.

讓我們開始對過去進行一次檢查。

Perfect, continuous tense.

完美的，連續的時態。

Take a look at the first sentence.

看看第一句話。

It says they blink for a long time before they went home.

說他們眨了很久的眼睛才回家。

Tried to fill in the blank with the verb work in this tense.

試著用這個時態的動詞工作填空。

Remember, no matter what the subject, we follow the subject with had been so we say they had been what happens to the verb?

記住，不管是什麼主語，我們都要在主語後面加上had been，所以我們說they had been，動詞會怎麼樣呢？

Remember, we add I n g So the sentence is they had been working for a long time before they went home.

記住，我們加上I n g 所以這句話是他們工作了很久才回家。

Now take a look at the second sentence.

現在看看第二句話。

I want you to use the negative.

我想讓你用負數。

I blink TV for a year before I started again.

我眨了一年電視才又開始。

Remember the negative form for this tense starts with the subject and then had not been Or I can use the contraction.

記住這個時態的否定式是從主語開始的，然後had not been 或者我可以用收縮式。

Haven't I?

我沒有嗎？

Haven't been?

沒去過？

And then again, verb i n g.

再來，動詞i n g。

I haven't been watching TV for a year before I started again.

我有一年沒看電視了，才又開始看。

Now try to find the mistake in this next sentence.

現在試著找出下一句話中的錯誤。

Gina and I hadn't been do any work before we started.

吉娜和我在開始之前還沒有做任何工作。

What's the error?

錯在哪裡？

You'll notice that the verb does not have an i N.

你會注意到這個動詞沒有i N。

G.

G.

To make the sentence.

為了使這句話。

Correct?

對嗎？

We must say, Gina and I hadn't been doing any work before We started.

我們必須說，吉娜和我在開始之前沒有做任何工作。

Now find the mistake here.

現在找到這裡的錯誤。

He had be watching YouTube because he had some free time.

他一直在看YouTube，因為他有一些空閒時間。

No, he had.

不，他有。

That's correct.

這是正確的。

But we need to change.

但我們需要改變。

Be to Ben and watching is correct.

要對本，看是正確的。

So he had been watching YouTube because he had some free time.

所以他一直在看YouTube，因為他有一些空閒時間。

Let's move on now let's move on to another check up off the past.

讓我們繼續前進吧，現在讓我們繼續前進，再一次檢查一下過去的情況。

Perfect, continuous tense.

完美的，連續的時態。

Take a look at the first example.

看看第一個例子。

It says the company blink employees because they worked hard.

它說，公司閃爍員工，因為他們努力工作。

Use the verb promote in the past.

用過去的動詞推廣。

Perfect, Continuous tense.

完美，連續時態。

Remember, no matter what the subject we follow with had been.

記住，不管我們後面的主題是什麼。

So we say the company had been and then verb i n g.

所以，我們說公司一直，然後動詞i n g。

So promoting the company had been promoting employees because they worked hard.

所以推廣公司一直在推廣員工，因為他們很努力。

The next example says I blank your e mails for a while because they went to the spam folder here.

下一個例子說，我把你的電子信件空白了一陣子，因為它們到了這裡的垃圾郵件文件夾。

Try to use the negative form with the verb get Remember in the negative form we say had not been getting or the contraction hadn't been getting.

試著用否定式與動詞get配合，記住在否定式中我們說had not been getting或收縮hasn't been getting。

I hadn't been getting your emails for a while because they went to the Spam folder.

我已經有一段時間沒有收到你的郵件了，因為它們被放到了垃圾郵件文件夾裡。

Now look for the mistake in the next sentence.

現在看下一句話中的錯誤。

I had been work a lot because I needed the money.

我一直在工作，因為我需要錢。

What's the mistake?

錯在哪裡？

Remember, we need to add I and G to the vert.

記住，我們需要在垂直方向加上I和G。

I had been working a lot because I needed the money.

我一直在工作，因為我需要錢。

The last sentence says he has been smoking because he was stressed.

最後一句話說他因為壓力大，一直在抽菸。

Can you find the mistake?

你能找到錯誤的地方嗎？

Remember, Were practicing the past perfect, continuous in this case we need had after the subject, not has great job, everyone.

記住，我們在練習過去的完美，連續在這種情況下，我們需要有後的主題，而不是有偉大的工作，大家。

Let's move on.

讓我們繼續前進。

Good job learning Another difficult English grammar tense The past perfect continuous can be tricky, but with time and practice you will get better.

Good job learning Another difficult English grammar tense The past perfect continuous can be tricky, but with time and practice you will get better.

English is not always easy, but always do your best and never give up.

英語並不總是那麼容易，但一定要盡力而為，永不放棄。

I'll see you in the next video.

下一個視頻裡見。