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Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Form
Positive | Subject + had been + Verb-ING She had been cooking in the kitchen for hours when I got home. |
Negative | Subject + had not been + Verb-ING She had not been cooking in the kitchen for hours when I got home. |
Question | Had + Subject + been Verb-ING? Had she been cooking in the kitchen for hours when you got home? |
Usages
The past perfect continuous is partly like the present perfect continuous, but it refers to a continuous action that was finished at some point in the past.
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