PAST DUBIOUS CONTINUOUS TENSE

               PAST DUBIOUS CONTINUOUS TENSE

DEFINATION:-

                          Such verb, which modifies that the subject was doing some work continuously in a dubitative condition in past time that is called past dubious continuous tense.

NOTE:- (1)

                 This tense shows the continuous action of the subject but in dubitative condition.

EXAMPLE:-

(1)              Anwar may have been going to the shop.

(2)              They may have been waiting for you.

NOTE:- (2)

               “May have been” and “might have been” are the helping verbs to this tense.

NOTE:- (3)

                “Ing” form of the verb is used in this tense.

REMEMBER:-

                   For putting “ing” the same rules are applied, as you have learnt in present continuous tense.

NOTE:- (4)

                  “For” emphatic sentences “must have been” is used instead  of  may have been and might have been.

FORMATION:-

SUBJECT	H . VERB	M .VERB I	ING	OBJECT
Milkman	may have been	knock	ing	at the door

CONJUGATION

I may have been singing a song.

We may have been singing a song.

You may have been singing a song.

He may have been singing a song.

She may have been singing a song.

It may have been singing a song.

They may have been singing a song.

ASSERTIVE

(1)            Nadeem may have been feeling sorry for you.

(2)            He may have been enlisting the police.

(3)            Farzana may have been reading a dawn news-paper.

INTERROGATIVE

(1)            May Nadeem have been feeling sorry for you?

(2)            May he have been enlisting the police?

(3)            May Farzan have been reading a dawn news-paper?

NEGATIVE

(1)            Nadeem may not have been feeling sorry for you.

(2)            He may not have been enlisting the police.

(3)            Farzana may not have been reading a dawn news-paper.

INT & NEG

(1)            May Nadeem not have been feeling sorry for you?

(2)            May he not have been enlisting the police?

(3)            May Farzana not have been reading a dawn news-paper?

EMPHATIC

(1)            Nadeem must have been feeling sorry for you.

(2)            He must have been enlisting the police.

(3)            Farzana must have been reading a dawn news-paper.

MODEL SENTENCES

(1)            He may have been swimming.

(2)            Zamir must have been composing poetry.

(3)            May Parveen have been cocking in the kitchen?

(4)            Akram may have been working hard day and night.

(5)            Your friend must have been writing a letter to you.

(6)            Police might have been beating the criminal.

(7)            Nida may have been helping her mother in the house work.

(8)            Your son may have been avoiding the study.