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
You had been cleaning
He had been cleaning
She had been cleaning
It had been cleaning
We had been cleaning
You had been cleaning
They had been cleaning
I had not been cleaning
You had not been cleaning
He had not been cleaning
She had not been cleaning
It had not been cleaning
We had not been cleaning
You had not been cleaning
They had not been cleaning
Had I been cleaning ?
Had you been cleaning?
Had he been cleaning ?
Had she been cleaning ?
Had it been cleaning ?
Had we been cleaning ?
Had you 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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