Question

I was sharpening my pencil in front of the bin. (Rewrite the sentence using Past Perfect Continuous Tense.)

Answer 1

Given sentence:

• I was sharpening my pencil in front of the bin.

What to do?

• We've to rewrite the above sentence in its past perfect continuous tense.

Required answer:

$\small\star \: \underline{\cal{ \pmb{I\: \red{had \: been \: sharpening} \: my \: pencil \: in \: front \: of \: the \: bin.}}}$

• We've formed the sentence in the structure: Subject + had + been + verb (-ing) + object. Note - This is the structure of any positive (assertive) sentence. If you're asked to write it in negative form, then change had as "hadn't". Or in case if you're asked to make it Interrogative, then change it like this: Had + subject + been + verb (-ing) + object + ?

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Know more !!

Generally, tenses are classified into three types namely- Present Tense, Past Tense and Future Tense. These three tenses are further classified into four types. Let's know what are they!

$\begin{gathered} \tiny \boxed{\begin{array}{c|c|c|c}\bf {}&\frak{ \pmb{Present}}&\frak { \pmb{Past}}&\frak { \pmb{Future}}\\\frac{\quad}{}&\frac{ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \qquad}{}&\frac{ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \qquad}{}&\frac{ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \qquad}{}\\ \sf{1}& \sf{Simple \: present}& \sf{Simple \: past}& \sf{Simple \: future}\\ \sf{2}& \sf{Present \: continuous}& \sf{Past \: continuous}& \sf{Future \: continuous }\\ \sf{3}& \sf{Present \: perfect}& \sf{Past \: perfect}& \sf{Future \: perfect} \\ \sf{4}& \sf{Present \: perfect \: continuous}& \sf{Past \: perfect \: continuous}& \sf{Future \: perfect \: continuous}\end{array}}\end{gathered}$

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Answer 2

Explanation:

I had been sharpening my pencil in front of the bin.

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