Past Perfect Continuous: negative
To make negative statements in the Past Perfect Continuous, use:
had not been + the “-ing” form of the verb.
| Singular | Plural |
| I had not been (hadn’t been) sleeping
You hadn’t been sleeping He/she/it hadn’t been sleeping |
We hadn’t been sleeping
You hadn’t been sleeping They hadn’t been sleeping |
- Mary decided to buy a new juicer because her old one hadn’t been working for years.
- He hadn’t been studying for 5 months before he returned to the university from a sabbatical leave.
- I hadn’t been training every day, so my results were very poor.