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Past Perfect ContinuousSet 11

1The project ..... already ..... before the manager arrived.
2Patricia ..... English for three years when she ..... and ..... a job. (STUDY, QUIT, GET)
3What does the Past Perfect Continuous Tense talk about?
4She ..... the documents for hours before she found the mistake.
5He ..... ill for a long time before he ..... last year.
6Which sentence correctly describes something that was happening right before another past event?
7Anthony ..... for his airplane for 3 hours when its delay was announced.
8The engineers ..... (design) the prototype for several months when the project was canceled. (Past Perfect Continuous)
9Which tense is used in the sentence: "I had been writing for an hour"?
10True or False:The sentence 'They hadn't been listening to the teacher' is a correct negative sentence in the past perfect continuous tense.
11Identify the tense in: 'She had been waiting for an hour.'
12Identify the tense:I had been crying for him my entire life before I met you.
13I was disappointed. I had ..... all yearm but I still I didn't have enough money.
14The children were tired yesterday because they ..... outside all day.
15When my mother got home, we ..... video games for two hours.
16Poli ..... PE for more than 30 years before he left Masatepe.
17"Before the bell rang, the students ..... for the exam."
18I ..... for a true friendship for many years before I met my best friend George.
19Everything was white because it .....
20I was upset to learn that my first opponent would be Sam Muller, who ..... part in tournaments for no less than ten years.
21What had she been doing before the meeting started?
22I ..... the whole day yesterday, so I woke up to find my legs tired.
23We (run) ..... along the street for about 60 minutes when a motorbike suddenly stopped right in front of us
24"I found his phone under the chair where he ..... "
25I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I ..... for over two hours.
26We couldn't go into the water because the swimming pool .....
27She ..... (to wait) for the bus for over an hour when it finally arrived.
28Identify the past perfect continuous tense in this sentence:'By the time we arrived, the band ..... playing for an hour.'
29For a week, John ..... to find a good house until he found one.
30Sasa was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She ..... (run).
31She ..... on her computer for more than two hours when she decided to stop for a rest.
32Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb (tense specified) Past Perfect Continuous) I ..... cricket for two hours when it started raining.
33A story needs to explain why a character, Leo, was covered in flour when his dad got home. Which sentence provides the best cause-and-effect explanation using the past perfect continuous?
34We ..... for over an hour when the doctor finally called us.
35The roads ..... before it started snowing.
36I drove home from the supermarket with some groceries. I wasn't far from the supermarket when I realized I ..... to buy one item. When I got back to the supermarket, it ..... already.
37Joe told me that it ..... in England.
38I ..... for four hours when you knocked at my door.(PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE)
39Anyone ..... the latest version of the phone software for free before August 2013.
40Choose the correct tense.I ..... before but last week was really awesome.
41How long ..... he ..... before he got the promotion?
42Which of the following sentences is an example of a negative sentence in the Past Perfect Continuous Tense?
43The printer ..... working well.
44We ..... an interesting program before they came.
45Ram and Syam ..... (already/wait) for 2 hours when the bus finally arrived.
46He ..... teaching at school-past perfect continuous
47We ..... for two hours before they finally arrived.
48We ..... working on the report for two hours when the boss arrived.
49True or False:To ask a question in the past perfect continuous, you would say, 'You had been listening to the music?'
50He ..... TV for a long time before he slept.
51Sameer ( ..... ) for two hours before he arrived.
52True or False:In the sentence, 'While I was cooking, my brother had been watching TV, ' the use of past perfect continuous is the best choice to show both actions happened at the exact same time.
53What tense is used in: 'I had been studying before the test.'?
54They had been arguing before the teacher arrived.
55How long ..... when the accident happened?
56..... the actress thousands of Twitter messages before they cut off his phone.
57The assignment ..... by the whole class before the deadline.
58If you ..... your seatbelt, you might have been injured in the accident.
59They ..... (study) hard all morning, so they were tired.
60The criminal ..... for further questioning but as he had a heart attack during the first questioning he ..... to hospital for a week.
61If I ..... for the test all night, I wouldn't be so tired right now.