Past Perfect Continuous Tense

The Past Perfect Continuous tense is used to express something that started in the past and continued until another time in the past.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	HAD BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
You	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
He	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
Mohan	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
The boy	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
She	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
Pooja	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
The girl	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
We	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
You	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
They	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
The children	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.

Notice that we use ‘had been’ and the verb + ing the same for all subjects.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

Notice that we use ‘had not been’ and the verb + ing form for all subjects.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

The Past Perfect Continuous tense is used to express something that started in the past and continued until another time in the past.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	HAD BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
You	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
He	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
Mohan	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
The boy	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
She	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
Pooja	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
The girl	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
We	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
You	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
They	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.
The children	had been	standing	at the bus stop for thirty minutes.

Notice that we use ‘had been’ and the verb + ing the same for all subjects.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

Notice that we use ‘had not been’ and the verb + ing form for all subjects.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

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