III.

Perfect Continuous

Affirmative: Subject + had + been + verb-ing

E.g.: We had been walking in the park.
I had been taking notes.
Interrogative: Had + subject + been + verb-ing
E.g.:Had she been working in the news
department?
Had you been playing tennis?
Negative: Subject + had + not + been + verb-ing
E.g.: I had not been singing “Happy birthday”.
They had not been running in the schoolyard.