Yes, had been cleaning is the past perfect progressive tense of clean.
present perfect progressive
The past simple tense is meant.(pronounced ment)The present perfect tense is have/hasmeant, and the past perfect tense is had meant.The past progressive tense is was meaning / were meaning.The past perfect progressive is had been meaning.
"Had been" is the past perfect tense of be.
Depending on how you use the words some are already in the past tense. Got is the past tense of get. Present: I will get a dog. Past: I got a dog. With is a general term. It doesn't change in the past tense. Had is the past tense of has and had. Depending on which style of past you are using [progressive, perfect, progressive perfect, simple] will dictate how you use the word.
it depends on which past tense you mean. Preterite: turned Imperfect: turned Past Progressive: was turning Past Perfect: had turned
The past perfect progressive tense of "clean" is "had been cleaning."
had been cleaningExample: When I asked my little boy why he was in the bathroom for so long, he said he had been cleaning the windows!
The past perfect progressive of investigate is had been investigating.
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...).
Present perfect progressive - have been abiding. Past perfect progressive - had been abiding. Future perfect progressive - will have been abiding.
The past perfect progressive tense of "look" is "had been looking."
The past perfect progressive of "charge" is "had been charging." It is formed by using the past perfect auxiliary "had been" with the present participle "charging."
The past perfect progressive tense of the verb "try" is "had been trying."
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The past perfect progressive tense of work is "had been working".
The past progressive (past continuous) is "was visiting." (were visiting) The past perfect progressive is "had been visiting."
To create the past perfect progressive, on needs the auxiliary verbs had & been and a present participle. Present participles always ending in -ing.The verb run in the past perfect progressive is had been running.