Past Perfect Progressive Exercises For Icelandic Grammar

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The Past Perfect Progressive tense in Icelandic, also known as langรพรกliรฐ lรฝsingarhรกttur or Past Perfect Continuous tense, refers to a continued or ongoing action that started and finished in the past. It’s structured by the preceding use of “hafรฐi” followed by either “veriรฐ aรฐ” or just “aรฐ”, depending on the formality and context. It’s often seen in storytelling or to explain causes. While similar in function to the English Past Perfect Progressive, the construction of this tense can present challenges for learners.

Exercise 1: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb

1. รžeir *hรถfรฐu veriรฐ aรฐ spila* (had been playing) futbol allan daginn.
2. ร‰g *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ lesa* (had been reading) รพessa bรณk รญ viku.
3. Pรกll *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ vinna* (had been working) รญ sรญnum garรฐi fyrr i morgun.
4. Viรฐ *hรถfรฐum veriรฐ aรฐ horfa* (had been watching) รก รพetta sjรณnvarpsefniรฐ รญ nokkra tรญma.
5. Hรบn *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ koma* (had been coming) hรฉr reglulega.
6. รžรบ *hafรฐir veriรฐ aรฐ รบtskrifa* (had been graduating) รพig af hรกskรณlanum.
7. Jรณn *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ byggja* (had been building) hรบsina fyrir รกri sรญรฐan.
8. Hafliรฐi *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ skrifa* (had been writing) รพessa grein sjรกlfur.
9. Anna *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ lรฆra* (had been learning) franska รญ tvรถ รกr.
10. รžau *hรถfรฐu veriรฐ aรฐ syngja* (had been singing) saman รญ kรณrnum.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb

1. Gรญgja *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ stรญga upp* (had been going up) รญ fjรถllin.
2. Viรฐ *hรถfรฐum veriรฐ aรฐ mรฆta* (had been meeting) Marรญa reglulega.
3. Hรบniรฐ *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ hlaupa* (had been running) alltaf รญ burtu.
4. รžรบ *hafรฐir veriรฐ aรฐ skoรฐa sig* (had been looking at) รญ speglinn.
5. Pรฉtur *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ stjรณrna* (had been managing) fyrirtรฆkinu.
6. Viรฐ *hรถfรฐum veriรฐ aรฐ fljรบga* (had been flying) yfir hafinu.
7. Hann *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ nota* (had been using) tรถlvuna aldrei.
8. Sigga *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ bรบa* (had been living) รญ Reykjavรญk รญ 5 รกr.
9. รžau *hรถfรฐu veriรฐ aรฐ hafa gaman* (had been having fun) รก festivalinu.
10. Hann *hafรฐi veriรฐ aรฐ hugsa* (had been thinking) um รพรฆr hugmyndir lengi.

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