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Identify the bold verb form in the sentence. Monique had been cleaning the house for hours before her brother offered to help. past progressive past perfect past perfect progressive present perfect progressive

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im pretty sure it is past perfect progressive

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"Had been cleaning" is in the past perfect progressive tense.

The past perfect progressive tense indicates a continuous action that was completed sometime in the past.
SUBJECT + HAD + BEEN + PRESENT PARTICIPLE
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