Past Perfect Progressive Rules

Here you can find tables with Past Perfect Progressive rules on:
positive sentences, negative sentences and questions.

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Positive Sentences

Who?	Form of verb	Examples
I	had + been + verb + ing	I had been waiting all day.
He/She/It		He had been waiting all day. She had been waiting all day. It had been waiting all day.
You		You had been waiting all day.
We		We had been waiting all day.
They		They had been waiting all day.

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Negative Sentences

Who?	Form of verb	Examples
I	had + not + been + verb + ing hadn't + been + verb + ing	I had not been waiting all day. I hadn't been waiting all day.
He/She/It		He had not been waiting all day. He hadn't been waiting all day. She had not been waiting all day. She hadn't been waiting all day. It had not been waiting all day. It hadn't been waiting all day.
You		You had not been waiting all day. You hadn't been waiting all day.
We		We had not been waiting all day. We hadn't been waiting all day.
They		They had not been waiting all day. They hadn't been waiting all day.

Question Sentences

	Who?	Form of verb	Examples
Had	I	been + verb + ing	Had I been waiting all day?
	he/she/it		Had he been waiting all day? Had she been waiting all day? Had it been waiting all day?
	you		Had you been waiting all day?
	we		Had we been waiting all day?
	they		Had they been waiting all day?

So these are the Past Perfect Progressive rules.

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