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Step 2 of 6: Grammar
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Master ongoing past duration before another past event (से ... रहा था / रही थी / रहे थे), universal HAD + BEEN + V-ing, FOR vs SINCE, and time connectors (before, when, by the time).
👉 मेरे friend के call करने से पहले मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा था।
Action past mein continuously chal raha tha
Duration (समय अवधि)
Baad mein hua simple past action
1. Action Start Hua
Action past mein shuru hua
2. Continuous Duration
Kuch duration tak continue hua
3. Past Event Tak
Past ke kisi doosre event se pehle tak chala
Simple Idea: Past ➔ Continuous Action ➔ Another Past Event
Example: "She had been working for five hours before she went home."
👉 घर जाने से पहले वह पाँच घंटे से काम कर रही थी।
Subject + had + been + V-ing + Object
Quick Examples:
• I had been studying.
• She had been working.
• They had been playing.
• He had been sleeping.
• I had been studying.
• He had been studying.
• She had been studying.
• They had been studying.
• I had been working. 👉 मैं काम कर रहा था।
• She had been cooking. 👉 वह खाना बना रही थी।
• They had been waiting. 👉 वे इंतजार कर रहे थे।
मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा था।
➔ I had been studying for two hours.
वह सुबह से काम कर रही थी।
➔ She had been working since morning.
वे एक घंटे से इंतजार कर रहे थे।
➔ They had been waiting for an hour.
Kitne time se? (Total length of time)
• for two hours
• for three days
• for five years
• for six months
• for a long time
Example: I had been studying for two hours. (मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा था।)
Kab se? (Starting point of time)
• since morning
• since Monday
• since 2020
• since 8 AM
• since yesterday
Example: She had been working since morning. (वह सुबह से काम कर रही थी।)
🧠 Easy Memory Trick
for two hours | for three years | for five days
since Monday | since morning | since 2020 | since 8 AM
Subject + had been + V-ingI had been studying English for three hours.
👉 मैं तीन घंटे से English पढ़ रहा था।
She had been cooking since morning.
👉 वह सुबह से खाना बना रही थी।
He had been working for five hours.
👉 वह पाँच घंटे से काम कर रहा था।
They had been playing cricket for two hours.
👉 वे दो घंटे से cricket खेल रहे थे।