PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
VERB CLEAN
Affirmative: Subject + Auxiliary Had + Auxiliary Be participle + main verb + ing
Negative: Subject + Auxiliary Had + negative + Auxiliary Be participle + main verb + ing
Interrogative: Auxiliary Had + Subject + Auxiliary Be participle + main verb + ing
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I had been cleaning I had not been cleaning Had I been cleaning ?
You had been cleaning You had not been cleaning Had you been cleaning?
He had been cleaning He had not been cleaning Had he been cleaning ?
She had been cleaning She had not been cleaning Had she been cleaning ?
It had been cleaning It had not been cleaning Had it been cleaning ?
We had been cleaning We had not been cleaning Had we been cleaning ?
You had been cleaning You had not been cleaning Had you been cleaning ?
They had been cleaning They had not been cleaning Had they been cleaning ?
Examples:
We’d been waiting for more than three hours when the train finally arrived.
I hadn’t been waiting for more than thirty minutes when her plane landed.
Had she been waiting for longer than three hours when you got home?
Contractions:
I’d been, You’d been, He’d been, She’d been, It’d been, We’d been, You’d been,
They’d been, I hadn’t been, You hadn’t been, He hadn’t been, She hadn’t been, It
hadn’t been, We hadn’t been, You hadn’t been, They hadn’t been
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