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.
