past perfect con.

[aysaa]

Hi,

I have seen a sentence on internet, and I want to share it with you. I don't know whether it is ok or not.

-He had been skiing between 2 pm and 4 pm yesterday.

Thanks...

[shannico]

It's a sentence in the past about a repeated/continuous action that happened before another event in the past.
For instance you could come across it in indirect speech

I met Jack earlier and he told me (most recent past event) he had been skiing (previous past event) between 2 and 4 pm yesterday.


Hope it helps

[aysaa]

Can we use past perfect cont. tense with a specific time such as 'between 2 and 4 pm '?

I think it is better to say.

-He was skiing between 2 pm and 4 pm yesterday.

[shannico]

Can we use past perfect cont. tense with a specific time such as 'between 2 and 4 pm '?

I think it is better to say.

-He was skiing between 2 pm and 4 pm yesterday.

Yes you are right. I'll amend it to

He told me he had skied between 2 and 4 pm yesterday.

or if on its own, as you said

He was skiing between 2 and 4 pm yesterday.

Apologies.

[bhaisahab]

"I met Jack earlier and he told me (most recent past event) he had been skiing (previous past event) between 2 and 4 pm yesterday."
This is perfectly correct.

[5jj]

These may help:

The Past Perfect

Problems with the Past Perfect & Past Simple

[aysaa]

Sorry, it was past perfect progressive with any specific time. Because between 2 and 4 pm is a specific time for it.

[shannico]

"I met Jack earlier and he told me (most recent past event) he had been skiing (previous past event) between 2 and 4 pm yesterday."
This is perfectly correct.

Hi Aysaa,
I found this link which is pretty clear.
reported.

[aysaa]

Past continuous
She said, "I was teaching English at 5 pm. yesterday.

Past perfect continuous
She said she had been teaching at 5 pm the day before yesterday.

So, is that ok?

[5jj]

The UsingEnglish.com site has several English Usage Articles , including Indirect (Reported) Speech