Past Perfect Continuous Tense (PROGRESSIVE)

POSITIVE			NEGATIVE				QUESTION
I	had	been writing	I	had	not	been writing	had	I	been writing
you	had	been writing	you	had	not	been writing	had	you	been writing
we	had	been writing	we	had	not	been writing	had	we	been writing
they	had	been writing	they	had	not	been writing	had	they	been writing
he	had	been writing	he	had	not	been writing	had	he	been writing
she	had	been writing	she	had	not	been writing	had	she	been writing
it	had	been writing	it	had	not	been writing	had	it	been writing

Geçmişte olmuş iki eylem var ve bunlardan önce olanın sürekliliği past perfect continuous tense ile vurgu lanır.

1. Our game of tennis was interrupted. we'd been playing for about half an hour when it started to rain very havily.

2. Ken give up smoking two years ago. He'd been smoking for 30 years.

1. The police had been looking for the criminal for two years before they caught him 2. The patient had been waiting in the emergency room for almost an hour before a doctor finally treated her 3. He finally came at six o'clock I had been waiting for him since four - thirty.	Past perfect continuous: geçmişte bir eylemden önce başka bir eylemin süreklilik içerisinde olduğunu vurgular.
4. When judy got home, her hair was still wet because she had been swimming 5.Her eyes were red because she had been crying	Bu tens ayrıca geçmişteki bir eyleme yakın zamanlı fakat ondan daha önce olan bağlantısız bir eylemin sürekliliğini vurgulamak için de kullanılır

Past Perfect Continuous Tense