The Past Perfect Continuous Here's how to make the past perfect continuous. It's 'had' + been (the past participle of 'be')+ verb-ing Firstly, let's look at the positive form: I had been living You had been going She had been sleeping He had been working It had been raining We had been studying They had been cooking The short form is: 'd been verb-ing . Be careful, because the short form for 'would'. However, 'would' is always followed by the infinitive, but 'had' is followed by the past participle. Next, the negative form: I had not been trying (I hadn't been..) You had not been working (you hadn't been..) She had not been crying (she hadn't been..) He had not been shopping (he hadn't been..) It had not been snowing (it hadn't been..) We had not been reading (we hadn't been..) They had not been running (they hadn't been..) It's pretty easy to m...