Conditional II Progressive (Conditional II Continuous) Level: elementary

Conditional II Progressive puts emphasis on the duration of an action that could have taken place in the past.

Form

• A: He would have been talking.
• N: He would not have been talking.
• Q: Would he have been talking?

Use

• action that could have taken place in the past
• puts emphasis on the course / duration of an action

Exercise on conditional II progressive

Changed: 31st May 2004 23:57

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