English Course: Progressive Past Perfect

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Subject + had + been + 1 + ing	go	went	gone

Affirmative	subject + had + been + 1 + ing
I had been going to New York	Había estado yendo a New York
He had been going to New York	El había estado yendo a New York

Negative	subject + hadn't + been + 1 + ing
I hadn't been going to New York	No había estado yendo a New York
He hadn't been going to New York	El no había estado yendo a New York

Interrogative	Had + subject + been + 1 + ing + ?
Had I been going to New York?	¿Había estado yo yendo a New York?
Had he been going to New York?	¿Había estado él yendo a New York?

I was very tired when I arrived home. I had been working hard all day.

Ken had been smoking for 30 years when he finally gave it up.

The soccer game had to be stopped. They had been playing for half an hour when a terrible storm began.