Past Perfect Continuous

Ndyana Swainston
Dec 18, 2025
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Past Perfect Continuous

+	She had been working for hours before the meeting.
-	She had not (hadn’t) been working for hours before the meeting.
yes/no?	Had she been working for hours before the meeting?
wh?	How long had she been working before the meeting?

1.1 Use Past Perfect Continuous (had been + verb-ing) to talk about actions that were ongoing up until a specific point in the past.

Examples

I had been living in London for three years when I met her.

How long had you been waiting when I arrived?

They had been working on the project all morning before the power went out.

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Past Perfect Continuous

1.1 Use Past Perfect Continuous (had been + verb-ing) to talk about actions that were ongoing up until a specific point in the past.

Examples

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