Past Perfect Progressive Exercises For Greek Grammar
The Past Perfect Progressive tense in Greek Grammar, or ฮ ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฟฯ ฮฮนฮฑฯฮบฮตฮฏฮฑฯ, is used to describe actions that were ongoing in the past, and then completed at some point in the past. This tense incorporates both aspects of the simple past and the ongoing past. For English speakers, it corresponds with the Past Perfect Continuous, expressed with โhad beenโ followed by the present participle (verb-ing). Now letโs practice with some exercises.
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of Past Perfect Progressive tense of the verb in parentheses
1. ฮฮบฮตฮฏฮฝฮท ฯฮท ฯฯฮนฮณฮผฮฎ * ฮตฮฏฯฮฑฮผฮต ฯฮตฯฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮตฮน *(been waiting) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮดฯฮฟ ฯฯฮตฯ.
2. ฮฯฮฑฮฝ ฯฯฮณฮฑฮผฮต, * ฮตฮฏฯฮฑฮฝ ฮตฯฮณฮฑฯฯฮตฮฏ* (had been working) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮตฯฯฮฌ ฯฯฮตฯ.
3. * ฮตฮฏฯฮตฯ ฯฮฑฮฏฮพฮตฮน*(you had been playing) ฯฮฟฮดฯฯฯฮฑฮนฯฮฟ ฯฮปฮท ฯฮทฮฝ ฮทฮผฮญฯฮฑ.
4. ฮฮน ฯฮฏฮปฮฟฮน ฮผฮฟฯ *ฮตฮฏฯฮฑฮฝ ฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฯฮตฮน*(had been reading) ฮฑฯ ฯฯ ฯฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮตฮฒฮดฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ.
5. * ฮฮฏฯฮฑ ฯฮฌฯฮฝฮตฮน *(had been looking) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯฮฑ ฮบฮปฮตฮนฮดฮนฮฌ ฮผฮฟฯ ฮตฮดฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯฯฮฑ.
6. * ฮฮฏฯฮฑฮผฮต ฮณฯฮฌฯฮตฮน * (we had been writing) ฯฮทฮฝ ฮตฯฮณฮฑฯฮฏฮฑ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯฮญฮฝฯฮต ฯฯฮตฯ.
7. * ฮฮฏฯฮตฯ ฯฯฯฮณฮตฮน * (you had been eating) ฮณฮปฯ ฮบฮฌ ฯฮปฮท ฯฮทฮฝ ฮทฮผฮญฯฮฑ.
8. ฮฯ ฯฮฟฮฏ * ฮตฮฏฯฮฑฮฝ ฮผฮฑฮณฮตฮนฯฮตฯฮตฮน * (had been cooking) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯฯฮตฮนฯ ฯฯฮตฯ.
9. * ฮฮฏฯฮฑ ฯฯฮญฯฮตฮน * (I had been running) ฯฯฮฟ ฯฮฌฯฮบฮฟ ฯฮปฮท ฯฮทฮฝ ฯฯฮฟฮทฮณฮฟฯฮผฮตฮฝฮท ฮทฮผฮญฯฮฑ.
10. ฮฯฮตฮฏฯ * ฮตฮฏฯฮฑฯฮต ฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฯฮตฮน * (you(plural) had been reading) ฮฑฯ ฯฯ ฯฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮตฮฒฮดฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ.
Exercise 2: Translate the following Past Perfect Progressive sentences from English to Greek
1. I * had been thinking * about that all day long (ฯฮบฮตฯฯฯฮผฮฟฯ ฮฝ).
2. You * had been sleeping * (ฮญฮบฮฟฮฒฮตฯ) for five hours when I got home.
3. The team * had been practicing * (ฯฯฮฟฯฮฟฮฝฮฟฯฮฝฯฮฑฮฝ) for three months before the competition.
4. The stars * had been shining * brightly (ฮปฮฌฮผฯฯฯ ฮฝฮฑฮฝ) all night.
5. My friend * had been baking * (ฮญฯฮทฮฝฮต) all day for the party.
6. My brother * had been working *(ฮดฮฟฯฮปฮตฯ ฮต) at that company for ten years.
7. We * had been waiting* (ฯฮตฯฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฑฮผฮต) for you at the station.
8. They * had been playing * (ฮญฯฮฑฮนฮถฮฑฮฝ) soccer when it started to rain.
9. He * had been studying * (ฮดฮนฮฌฮฒฮฑฮถฮต) Greek before he moved to Greece.
10. She * had been swimming* (ฮบฮฟฮปฯ ฮผฯฮฟฯฯฮต) when the sun set.