- Lexikon
- Englisch Abitur
- 3 Grammatik
- 3.2 Formen des Verbs
- 3.2.6 Present perfect progressive
- Das Plusquamperfekt (past perfect und past perfect progressive)
Das Plusquamperfekt (past perfect und past perfect progressive)
Past perfect
Die im past perfect stehende Handlung liegt zeitlich vor der Handlung, die im past tense steht:
After he had finished repairing his car, he visited his friend.
She lived alone on the farm since her husband had died.
The plane had already landed when I arrived at the airport.
Die im past perfect stehende Handlung dauert zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit noch an, während eine weitere folgt:
After some delay the play was eventually announced to begin. The audience had already started to leave.
The audience didn't know that the main actor would be absent, although the management had known this for some time.
Bei zwei oder mehreren kürzeren Handlungen in der Vergangenheit, die direkt aufeinander folgen, wird das simple past benutzt:
When my friends arrived, I began cooking the meal, had dinner, and then went to a pub.
Im Vergleich dazu steht ein Satz im past perfect, wenn dieser vor einem Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit abgeschlossen war:
When my friends arrived, I had already finished cooking the meal.
Past perfect progressive
Das past perfect progressive wird gebildet aus had + been + present participle (ing-Form).
He had been writing letters for three hours, before he went for a walk.
He had not been writing letters for a very long time, when his friend called him.
Had he been writing letters since 9 o'clock, when his friend called him?
Rob had been travelling for three months when he ran out of money.
Das past perfect in der progressive form wird dann benutzt, wenn der Verlauf einer Handlung betont werden soll, die sich vor einem Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit ereignet hat bzw. zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch andauerte.
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