had been cleaning
Example: 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 tense of "clean" is "had been cleaning."
There are actually 6: Present progressive tense Present perfect progressive tense Past progressive tense Past perfect progressive tense Future progressive tense Future perfect progressive tense The progressive tense is also known as the continuous tense.
The past perfect progressive tense of "look" is "had been looking."
I/he/she/it was cleaning. You/we/they were cleaning.
The past perfect tense is created with the auxiliary verb had and a past participle. The past perfect tense of complain is had complained. The past perfect progressive tense is created with had + been + a present participle. The past perfect progressive of complain is had been complaining.
The past perfect progressive tense of "clean" is "had been cleaning."
Yes, had been cleaning is the past perfect progressive tense of clean.
present tense past tense future tense present perfect tense past perfect tense future perfect tense present progressive tense past progressive tense future progressive tense present perfect progressive tense past perfect progressive tense future perfect progressive tense
the form of the past tense are past progressive,past perfect progressive,past perfect simple.
The past perfect progressive of investigate is had been investigating.
There are actually 6: Present progressive tense Present perfect progressive tense Past progressive tense Past perfect progressive tense Future progressive tense Future perfect progressive tense The progressive tense is also known as the continuous tense.
The past perfect progressive tense of "look" is "had been looking."
I/he/she/it was cleaning. You/we/they were cleaning.
Past progressive tense.
The past perfect tense is created with the auxiliary verb had and a past participle. The past perfect tense of complain is had complained. The past perfect progressive tense is created with had + been + a present participle. The past perfect progressive of complain is had been complaining.
There are two types:Past progressive tensePast perfect progressive tense
past: ran past perfect: had run past progressive: was/were running past perfect progressive: had been running