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

SUBJECT	HAD NOT BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
You	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
He	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
Mohan	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
The boy	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
She	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
Pooja	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
The girl	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
We	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
You	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
They	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.
The children	had not been	exercising	at the gymnasium.

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

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

HAD	SUBJECT	BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Had	I	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	you	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	he	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	Mohan	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	the boy	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	she	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	Pooja	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	the girl	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	we	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	you	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	they	been	waiting	for a long time?
Had	the men	been	waiting	for a long time?