Tiempos Verbales
Simple Tenses Progressive Tenses
(1) Present
What is happening?		 (4) Past Perfect
What had been happening?		 (7) Conditional
What would be happening?
(2) Past
What was happening?		 (5) Future
What will be happening?		 (8) Past Conditional
What would have been happening?
(3) Present Perfect
What has been happening?		 (6) Future Perfect
What will have been happening?		 (9) Modal Verbs
What (can, could...) be happening?

What had been happening ?----¿Qué había estado pasando?




To Be : am-are-is was
were		 have/has
been		 had been will be will have been would be would have been (can, could) be
Affirmative------Subject + had been + verb(ing)
I had been going to the office - Había estado yendo a la oficina going yendo
You had been coming from Brazil - Tu habías estado viniendo de Brasil coming viniendo
She had been buying everything - Ella había estado comprando todo buying comprando
They had been living in Chicago - Ellos habían estado viviendo en Chicago living viviendo
Negative---------Subject + had not been + verb(ing).
I hadn't been selling anything - Yo no había estado vendiendo nada selling vendiendo
You hadn't been doing that work - Tú no habías estado haciendo ese trabajo doing haciendo
He hadn't been giving the orders - Él no había estado dando las órdenes giving dando
She hadn't been visiting anybody - Ella no había estado visitando a nadie visiting visitando
Interrogative---had + subject + been + verb(ing) ?
Had I been bringing the beer ? - ¿ Había estado yo trayendo la cerveza ? bringing trayendo
Had you been taking the books ? - ¿ Habías tu estado llevando los libros ? taking llevando
What had he been saying ? - ¿ Qué había estado diciendo él? saying diciendo
Had she been accepting presents ? ¿ Había estado ella aceptando regalos ? accepting aceptando
                   

Past Perfect Progressive ( to go )

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I had been going I hadn't been going Had I been going ?
You had been going You hadn't been going Had you been going ?
He had been going He hadn't been going Had he been going ?
She had been going She hadn't been going Had she been going ?
It had been going It hadn't been going Had it been going ?
We had been going We hadn't been going Had we been going ?
You had been going You hadn't been going Had you been going ?
They had been going They hadn't been going Had they been going ?

 

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