The form of the verb "had been cleaning" is the past perfect progressive (also called the past perfect continuous).
The past perfect expresses that something occurred before another action, both in the past.
The past perfect progressive (or continuous) is made up of "had been + present participle", that expresses something started in the past (cleaning) and continued until another time in the past that is mentioned (before her brother offered...).
That is the correct spelling of "offered." (proposed)It is spelled OFFERED.
It can be (offered advice). The word offered is the past tense and past participle of the verb "to offer" and can be used as an adjective meaning to potentially provide. Example: 'The offered transportation consisted of a ride in a haywagon with six smelly pigs."
The correct answer is "The faculty is offered financial assistance," if you are speaking of the faculty as a single unit.
Offered, proffered,Definition of proffered:noun: a proposal offered for acceptance or rejectionverb: present for acceptance or rejection
He was offered a knighthood by the queen.A knighthood is a very prestigious ceremony.
Typical janitorial services offered for commercial building would include cleaning and scrubbing of the floors and/or carpets, washing the windows, and cleaning the bathroom facilities.
At a hotel, clean linen, bathroom cleaning, and vacuuming.
The average rates for house cleaning depend on location and services offered. You can expect to pay a company who offers the service 50 dollars an hour.
One of the features that is offered by the Brother 575 Fax Machine is it's compact, space saving design. Some of the other features offered is a fully featured print cartridge, fax and voice calls on a single line and other time saving features.
There are a few places where someone can look to find office cleaning services in Houston. A person can check the Houston paper for cleaning services offered. Also, checking online a person can find office cleaning services located in Houston.
Swifer WetJet has a refillable window cleaning kit offered in many stores.
ServiceMaster offers home inspections, carpet cleaning, pest control, lawn services, and furniture repairs to name a few of their services. They will also do speciality cleaning for homes.
There are usually quite a few cleaning services available in any fairly large city or metro area. You can check in the Yellowpages to see what cleaning services are offered. Also, if you have other business contacts in the area, they might be able to recommend someone.
Abatement may refer to Abatement Technologies, a well-known manufacturer of air duct cleaning equipment. Or it may refer to other services offered by the air duct cleaning provider, such as asbestos abatement or lead abatement.
You can get a private contractor to clean your windows. Prices they charge vary depending on the contractor.
To identify a direct object, first find the verb. (In the example, "offered" is the verb.) After finding the verb, ask "What?" or "Whom?". What did Mrs. Jennings offer? Mrs. Jennings offered cookies ("cookies" is the direct object).
Conco systems provides services to the refineries, power plants and other industrial complexes. Amongst the services they offer are industrial cleaning, heat exchanger cleaning, leak detection and video probe inspections.