Introduction
Introdução
The past perfect continuous (also called past perfect progressive) is a verb tense which is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.
O past perfect continuous (também chamado de past perfect progressive) é um tempo verbal usado para mostrar que uma ação começou no passado e continuou até outro ponto no passado.
Forms
Formas
The past perfect continuous is composed of two elements – the past perfect of the verb to be (=had been) + the present participle (base+ing).
O pretérito mais-que-perfeito contínuo é composto por dois elementos: o pretérito mais-que-perfeito do verbo "to be" (=had been) + o particípio presente (base + ing).
Affirmative
Afirmativa
Subject + had been + V(ing)
Sujeito + had been + V(ing)
- I had been walking.
- She had been trying.
Eu estava caminhando.
Ela estava tentando.


