9.53 «Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto Continuo» (Past Perfect Continuous)

El Past Perfect Continuous se forma con el past perfect del verbo auxiliar to be + la «forma en -ing» del verbo que se conjuga. 

Damos como ejemplo modelo el Past Perfect Continuous del verbo to work:

Forma Afirmativa

Estructura:

Sujeto + had + been + «forma en -ing» del verbo que se conjuga.

I had been working (Forma Sin Contraer)

I’d been working (Forma Contraída)

Yo había estado trabajando


You had been working

You’d been working


He had been working

He’d been working

etc.

Forma Negativa

Estructura: 

Sujeto + had + not + been + «forma en -ing» del verbo que se conjuga.

Sin contraer Forma contraída

I had not been working

yo no había estado trabajando you had not been working

he had not been working

etc.


I hadn’t been working

you hadn’t been working 

he hadn’t been working

etc.


Forma Interrogativa

Estructura: 

Had + sujeto + been + «forma en -ing» del verbo que se conjuga.

Forma Interrogativo-Negativa

Estructura: 

Had + sujeto + not + been + «forma en -ing» del verbo que se conjuga.

had I not been working?  (Sin contraer)

hadn’t I been working? (Forma contraída)

¿no había estado yo trabajando?

had you not been working?

hadn’t you been working?

had he not been working?

hadn’t he been working?

etc.