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Past Perfect ContinuousSet 18

1Yesterday by the time you came I ..... the poem for 2 hours. And I know it perfectly now!
2Emphasize on the duration of an activity in the past
3She eats dinner at 7 p.m.
4Her clothes were in a mess because she ..... the house all morning.
5Sylvia ..... so her hair was wet.
6We had ..... for an hour when finally the director arrived.
7By the time I arrived, they ..... (play) football for two hours.
8Fill in the blank:"They said they ..... (work) on the painting all day.
9The sentence 'They was been working on the project since last week' is correctly written in past perfect continuous tense.
10Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuous We ..... all day, so we felt a bit ill.
11By 10 p.m., we ..... for six hours straight.
12They ..... English for 2 years before they traveled to London
13How long ..... you ..... in England before you moved to Canada?
14Your friend's eyes are red. You think they were playing video games for a long time before you arrived. What is the best question to ask?
15ExerciseWe ..... (wait) 45 minutes for the bus before it finally.
16Thomas and I ..... this movie for 2 hours before you came.
17My hand was aching because I ..... since 10 o'clock.
18We ..... for the game release eagerly before it got delayed.
19Mike wanted to sit down because he ..... all day at work.
20Why was the baby's face so dirty? Choose the correct past perfect continuous form for the answer.
21Imagine ..... when the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. How would your life have been different?
22By the time we arrived, they said they ..... waiting for over an hour.
23Helen had to wash her hands because she ..... her car.
24John had been fixing his bike for an hour before he succeeded.
25His eyes were red and sore because he ..... video games all night long.
26We ..... (live) in the house for a year before we decorated the kitchen.
27While hiking, we suddenly realize we were lost and didn't have a GPS. Up until then, we ..... worried.
28The young man ..... (surf) since he was a child.
29She felt terrible during the interview because she ..... from the flu since the previous day.
30Before having the accident, he ..... (drive) for five hours.
31We won the match because we ..... hard the week before.
32He ..... for an hour before the bus came.
33I ..... until I found a job in a cafe, and now I'm a manager.
34Past Perfect Progressive tenseShe ..... (study) for three hours before her friend finally ..... (arrive).
35Fill in the blank:I ..... in the park
36We had been driving all day.
37They ..... together for almost a year at the time.
38I ..... this book for two weeks before I finished it.
39He ..... ill for two months before he died.
40He ..... to babysit for us for ages so in the end, we decided to give him a try.
41True or False:To make the past perfect continuous tense, you use the helping verbs 'has' and 'been'.
42Orla felt fit for the marathon because she ..... (train) a lot.
43Priscilla ..... information about an accident for two days, when the thief stole her notes.
44In the sentence "They ..... living in Paris for ten years before they moved to London, " which option completes it correctly using past perfect continuous?
45He had been standing all day at work.
46The students ..... for their travelling for months.
47II. Fill in the blanks (number 6 to 15):When I came home, dinner ..... cooked yet.
48I had arranged to meet Kate, but I was late. When I finally arrived, ..... for me. She was annoyed because ..... such a long time.
49Anna returned from France, where she ..... French.
50Rashed was feeling tired. He ..... video games all night.
51Peter and Jane ..... at the park when they parents found them.
52Fill in the blank:The Past Perfect Tense progressive form of the verb 'travel' is .....
53Change 'past' and 'past continuous' to-
54I ..... all day, so I didn't want to go out.
55"Had been studying" -is example of
56Choose the correct Past Perfect Continuous negative:
57A black cow that ..... in the field for some time did not return home in the evening.
58How long ..... you ..... for the bus before it arrived?
59True or False:In the past perfect continuous tense, words like 'for' and 'since' are often used to specify how long the action was happening.
60I had been writing a letter to God in my diary since morning, expressing my gratitudes towards God.
61Terry and Perry ..... for three hours by the time they arrived at their destination.