Past Perfect Continuous Tense
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Verbs have different forms, called tenses. The tense of a verb tells us when the action happens.
Forms of Past Perfect Continuous Tense
had been + present participle
Example:
I had been working at the hospital for two years when the trouble started.
Contraction (short form)
I had been
I’d been
You had been
You’d been
She had been
She’d been
He had been
He’d been
They had been
They’d been
We had been
We’d been
It had been
It’d been
Example:
I’d been working at the hospital for two years when the trouble started.
When do we use the past perfect continuous tense?
The past perfect continuous is similar to the past perfect, except that it expresses longer actions in the past before another action in the past.
Examples:
She had been waiting for nearly an hour when the bus finally arrived.
He had been working at the bank for a year before he left for the United States.
Videos
Past Perfect Progressive or Past Perfect Continuous
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