Past Perfect Progressive Exercises For Greek Grammar

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The Past Perfect Progressive tense in Greek Grammar, or ฮ ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฟฯ‚ ฮ”ฮนฮฑฯฮบฮตฮฏฮฑฯ‚, 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 โ€œhad beenโ€ followed by the present participle (verb-ing). Now letโ€™s 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. ฮ•ฮบฮตฮฏฮฝฮท ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯ„ฮนฮณฮผฮฎ * ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฮผฮต ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮตฮน *(been waiting) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮดฯฮฟ ฯŽฯฮตฯ‚.
2. ฮŒฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฯ†ฯฮณฮฑฮผฮต, * ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฮฝ ฮตฯฮณฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮตฮฏ* (had been working) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮตฯ€ฯ„ฮฌ ฯŽฯฮตฯ‚.
3. * ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮตฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฮฏฮพฮตฮน*(you had been playing) ฯ€ฮฟฮดฯŒฯƒฯ†ฮฑฮนฯฮฟ ฯŒฮปฮท ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮทฮผฮญฯฮฑ.
4. ฮŸฮน ฯ†ฮฏฮปฮฟฮน ฮผฮฟฯ… *ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฮฝ ฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฯƒฮตฮน*(had been reading) ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮตฮฒฮดฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ.
5. * ฮ•ฮฏฯ‡ฮฑ ฯˆฮฌฯ‡ฮฝฮตฮน *(had been looking) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฑ ฮบฮปฮตฮนฮดฮนฮฌ ฮผฮฟฯ… ฮตฮดฯŽ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯŽฯฮฑ.
6. * ฮ•ฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฮผฮต ฮณฯฮฌฯˆฮตฮน * (we had been writing) ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฯฮณฮฑฯƒฮฏฮฑ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฮญฮฝฯ„ฮต ฯŽฯฮตฯ‚.
7. * ฮ•ฮฏฯ‡ฮตฯ‚ ฯ„ฯฯŽฮณฮตฮน * (you had been eating) ฮณฮปฯ…ฮบฮฌ ฯŒฮปฮท ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮทฮผฮญฯฮฑ.
8. ฮ‘ฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฮฏ * ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฮฝ ฮผฮฑฮณฮตฮนฯฮตฯฮตฮน * (had been cooking) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฯฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯŽฯฮตฯ‚.
9. * ฮ•ฮฏฯ‡ฮฑ ฯ„ฯฮญฯ‡ฮตฮน * (I had been running) ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮฌฯฮบฮฟ ฯŒฮปฮท ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฯฮฟฮทฮณฮฟฯฮผฮตฮฝฮท ฮทฮผฮญฯฮฑ.
10. ฮ•ฯƒฮตฮฏฯ‚ * ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฯ„ฮต ฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฯƒฮตฮน * (you(plural) had been reading) ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟ 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 (ฯƒฮบฮตฯ†ฯ„ฯŒฮผฮฟฯ…ฮฝ).
2. You * had been sleeping * (ฮญฮบฮฟฮฒฮตฯ‚) for five hours when I got home.
3. The team * had been practicing * (ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮฝฮฟฯฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝ) for three months before the competition.
4. The stars * had been shining * brightly (ฮปฮฌฮผฯ€ฯฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฝ) all night.
5. My friend * had been baking * (ฮญฯˆฮทฮฝฮต) all day for the party.
6. My brother * had been working *(ฮดฮฟฯฮปฮตฯ…ฮต) at that company for ten years.
7. We * had been waiting* (ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฑฮผฮต) for you at the station.
8. They * had been playing * (ฮญฯ€ฮฑฮนฮถฮฑฮฝ) soccer when it started to rain.
9. He * had been studying * (ฮดฮนฮฌฮฒฮฑฮถฮต) Greek before he moved to Greece.
10. She * had been swimming* (ฮบฮฟฮปฯ…ฮผฯ€ฮฟฯฯƒฮต) when the sun set.

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