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Past Perfect ContinuousSet 2

1Fill in the blank: They ..... for hours before the guests arrived.

2Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He ..... for that import company for more than ten years and he ..... in almost every department.

3Karan ( ..... ) all day, so he had a headache.

4Before the power went out, we ..... a movie.

5Had the players ..... playing by the rules? The past perfect progressive tense is .....

6"It ..... when we arrived at the party."

7She ..... (cook) dinner for two hours before the guests ..... (arrive).

8They ..... for more than an hour before Lady Gaga ..... on the stage.

9..... they ..... in the office since morning? (Past Perfect Cont.)

10What tense is used to express an action that started in the past and continued up until the present moment?

11They said that they ..... their parents to repaint the house at 10 o'clock the previous day.

12True or False:The sentence 'They hadn't been paying attention' is a correct negative sentence in the past perfect continuous tense.

13The sentence 'He had been studying for the test all night' is in the past perfect continuous tense.

14Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.We ..... (run) for just over an hour when the thunderstorm ..... (begin).

15He ..... for two hours before she arrived yesterday.

16He ..... for a job since last year when he finally got one.

17My mother ..... by the time my father arrived home.

18I ..... for you for two hours when you finally arrived.

19Which helping verb correctly completes this sentence in the past perfect continuous tense: "They ..... been studying all night before the exam."

20In the sentence 'I had been waiting for an hour', what does 'had been' signify?

21By the time the train arrived we ..... for nearly an hour.

22Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect progressive?

23Complete the sentence:How long ..... for your friend before you decided to leave the park?

24He was getting annoyed because he ..... waiting for a long time to see the teacher.

25They ..... football before it started to rain.

26When I returned, I found that my car ..... away.

27We managed to submit this proposal on time yesterday. We ..... on this project all day.

28Complete the sentence. We ..... twenty minutes for the bus when it finally arrived.

29The secretary ..... her manager's meeting schedule for 2 hours before the manager arrived at the office.

30The verb "had been working" is in .....

31I had not been introducing my friend to your friend when you asked me to introduce my friend to you

32The lecturer ..... for an hour by the time we arrived.

33Read this sentence carefully:'He was tired because he had been run all morning.' True or False:This sentence uses the past perfect continuous tense correctly.

34She had been cooking food for 2 years.

35Marcus said he ..... (try) to find a flat for ages before he finally found one he liked.

36Complete the sentence: She ..... (wait) for two hours before he finally showed up.

37The plane's departure was delayed because of mechanical difficulties. When the weary passengers finally boarded the aircraft, many were annoyed and irritable because they ..... in the airport for three and a half hours.

38Choose the sentence that is in past perfect continuous

39Identify the tense: 'He had been working there for a year before he left.'

40I ..... Agnes Monica yesterday, but she ..... so he was too tired to chat.

41You had been waiting there for more than two hours

42SECTION 1: GRAMMAR. Directions: Read the sentences below carefully. Then choose the correct word for each blank. Everything was wet because it ..... non-stop for 12 hours.

43I finally reached my teacher. I ..... her all day.

44By the time the referee blew the whistle, the players ..... for an hour.

45Which tense uses "had been" as an auxiliary verb?

46We ..... for an hour before the exam started.

47Jada ..... physics for a long time before the professor recognized her talent.

48You had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

49I ..... playing badminton by last year.

50My scores in high school ( ..... ) until I made an effort to study more.

51She ..... (study) for two hours when I called her.

52Identify the correct past perfect continuous sentence

53Poor Steve ..... (walk) around the forest for hours that he hoped to be found by rescue team.

54Dad, how long ..... Mum before you got engaged?

55He ..... all morning when he saw a strange sight.

56Melanie ..... for a special party dress for months before she found the perfect one online.

57My eyes were sore because I ..... on my phone all night. Choose the phrase that best completes the sentence to show the cause.

58When I walked into the kitchen, the floor was soaked. Which sentence best uses the Past Perfect Continuous tense to explain why?

59Choose the tense of the verb in the sentence. Dorothy had been looking for clues in the scavenger hunt.

60True or False:The sentence 'They hadn't been paying attention in class' is a grammatically correct negative sentence in the past perfect continuous tense.

61We ..... for two hours when they finally let us in.