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Mallikharjun Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

About had been

i have got a doubt about 'had been ' where exactly we use had been.
  

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Hi 'Had been' is the past perfect continous tense. com/tenses/present_perfect_cont Prajwal

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  • Hi 'Had been' is the past perfect continous tense.
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Hi

'Had been' is the past perfect continous tense. You will find detailed explanations here:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfectcontinuous.html

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'Had been' is also the past perfect tense, as in 'I knew he had been on holiday as he looked sun-tanned'.

http://www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com/tenses/past_perfect

Rover
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mallikharjuni have got a doubt about 'had been ' where exactly we use had been.
1. As two auxiliaries with an -ing form. (Continuous)

had been going; had been fighting; had been talking

2. As two auxiliaries with an -en form. (Passive)

had been seen; had been taken; had been found

3. As two of three a
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Hi,

Thans for the English pages....It's heplful.

Cathy
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