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Past Perfect ContinuousSet 12

1The phone ..... ringing for ages when I finally answered it.

2Complete the sentence:My brother was tired because he ..... all day.

3By the time the online platform launched, developers ..... it for nearly two years.

4I was completely out of breath because I ......

5The police ..... for the criminal for 2 years before they caught him.

6The house ..... before we moved in.

7When I got married I ..... with my girlfriend for 3 years.

8We ..... (go) out with each other for two years before I met his family.

9True or False:To make a past perfect continuous sentence negative, you add 'not' right after the word 'been'.

10I ..... a book for two hours when you finally called me.

11He looked furious. He ..... for over two hours.

12Form a sentence in past perfect continuous: (she/practicing/ all year), before winning the competition.

13Simran had been running in the park. (Identify the correct tense)

14Helga had been living on her farm with her husband and children in Spokane, Washington.

15Before he moved to Jakarta, he ..... (live) in Bali for 10 years.

16He ..... for an hour before you called.

17Mr. Sam ..... for MNC Corporation for thirty years before he retired.

18I ..... (wait) for hours so I was really glad when the bus finally ..... (arrive).

19..... Kate woke up, Ann ..... breakfast for 2 hours.

20I had been helping my neighbor for a year before he finally thanked me.

21They ..... (live) in Beijing for three years when he lost his job.

22By the time the product went viral, influencers ..... it for months.

23Past perfect continuous tense is used for actions that started in the past and were still in progress when another action started or when something happened.

24Laura needed a break because she ..... (study) all morning.

25She ..... her guitar all morning so she was prepared for the test in the afternoon.

26Choose the correct tense.As it ..... the whole night all the roads were blocked.

27He ..... (work) for the company for five years when he got promoted.

28People ..... objects for a long time before then, but it ..... until around 7,000 years ago that an animal skin was first stretched over a hollowobject.

29By the time Mrs Lee got home, the children ..... computer games for two hours.

30True or False:To ask a question in the past perfect continuous, you would say, 'Been you studying for a long time?'

31Complete the sentence using past perfect progressive tense.They ..... (try) to get tickets for that play for months because they didn't want to miss it.

32A possible answer for the question "Why had you been going to bed late?" would be

33Mr. Jo ..... (study) medicine for ten years before he ..... (get) his license last week.

34I ..... for her for 30 minutes when she arrived.

35Analyze the following sentence: "She had been practicing the piano for hours before her performance." Which tense is used, and what does it emphasize?

36"They had been studying for three hours before the teacher arrived." What type of progressive tense is used in the sentence?

37Formed using the auxiliary verb "had been" followed by Ving.

38Which tense uses "had been" + present participle?

39It ..... (snow) for three days.

40He ..... English for 10 years by the time he moved.

41Complete: 'She ..... her job for three years when she got promoted.'

42She ..... (not/sit) at home for long before she went out.

43The wounded hunter ..... on the ground for almost an hour when, coincidentally, he ..... by Ain Comel, another cute hunter, who must have keen eyes.

44Everything was white because it (snow).

45Past Tense = Subject + had + been + V-ing.

46The sentence 'She had been painting the fence for hours before it started raining' is in the past perfect continuous tense.

47Mr Bert had taught for five years. (Past Perfect Continuous Tense).

48Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.They ..... (train) all morning in the gym, which is why they ..... (be) exhausted.

49Pamela ..... for 2 hours before her boyfriend arrived

50He ..... in the sun for too long and got sunburned.

51True or False:You can use the past perfect continuous tense to show an action that was happening for a while *before* something else happened in the past.

52Which sentence uses the past perfect continuous tense incorrectly, based on the type of verb?

53Zac was ecstatic when his parents bought him a bicycle he ..... for.

54The room became quiet when the teacher entered. The students had ..... been talking about her.

55At the time of the trial last summer Hinkley ..... in prison for eight months.

56I was tired because I ..... (type) for a long time.

57They had been studying for their exams when the fire alarm went off. What tense is this?

58Multiple choice: Which is correct? a) By the time we arrived, they had been waiting for us. b) By the time we arrived, they have been waiting for us.

59When I arrived, he ..... for me. He was very angry with me.

60He had been working on the project for three months when he finally submitted it. What tense is this?

61I assumed you ..... paying for the repairs until the end of last year.