Complete 12 English Tenses / Past perfect continuous
Form past perfect continuous tense questions
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Form past perfect continuous tense questions

To form past perfect continuous tense questions, we start by the helping verb "Had", followed by the subject, the word "been", the main verb with -ing, then the rest of the sentences.

Structure
Had + Subject + Been + Verb (-ing) + the rest of the sentence + ?

Examples

Notice how the subject and the helping verb "had" switch places from assertive sentences to questions.

  1. She had been reading that book for hours before dinner. -> …

1. you / live / in London

2. he / paint / the house / for three days before the rain came

3. we / argue / over the decision / when the director intervened

4. he / search / for his glasses / before he found them under the table

5. we / try / to fix the problem / for hours before the expert arrived

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