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Past Perfect ContinuousSet 5

1We ..... for her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.

2Our class had been studying Shakespeare when the teacher decided to include some of Milton's work to the program Tense:

3Mark ..... to learn Spanish on his own for three years, but last year he decided to go to a language school.

4The petrol warning light ..... for half an hour before we ..... a petrol station.

5We ..... for two hours when we finally got to our hotel. (DRIVE)

6I was very nervous while holding my speech. I ..... (never stand) in front of so many people (PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS)

7Identify the tense used in the following sentence: "He had been working there for five years before he left."

8Sarah ..... for three hours before she took a break.

9Translate the verb: spreti essetis

10The main function of Past Perfect Continuous Tense is to emphasize .....

11By the time I got to the party, my friends ..... for over an hour.

12Identify the tenses in the sentence: She had been reading for two hours when they arrived.

13Complete the sentence:They told me they ..... about the plan for weeks before the meeting.

14His clothes were wet because he .....

15Out of four types of past tenses, 1. simple past tense and 2. past continuous tense are here. What are the remaining?

16She ..... reading the book for hours before dinner.

17They ..... (play) football for about half an hour before it ..... (start) to rain.

18Choose the correct verb: "He ..... for two hours before the meeting started."

19]The grinder ..... working well.

20He'd been watching TV all morning when he decided to go outside. What happened first?

21Complete the sentence in past perfect continuousThe children were wet because they ..... football in the rain.

22In the sentence 'He had been studying for two hours when the power went out, ' what is the main idea the verb tense is showing?

23Jonathan and David ..... our dinner for 2 hours before we arrived

24An uncompleted action that took place before a second past action.

25Which tense is used for an action that was in progress before another past event?

26..... you ..... on this project before you joined our team?

27They ..... for two hours before the bus arrived.

28They ..... English for five years before moving to London.

29Choose the correct tense.I ..... for ages for her to write before the letter finally arrived.

30By the time I got home, my brother ..... video games for three hours.

31Which question correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense to ask about an activity before another past event?

32One of the followings is the correct option.

33Complete the sentence:By the time the movie started, we ..... for our friends for over twenty minutes.

34Select past continuous or past perfect continuous for the sentence below."I was sad when my local cafe closed. I ..... (go) there for so long."

35Imagine you want to change the sentence "I was building a Lego castle" to show the action was happening for a while *before* something else happened. Which is the best way to demonstrate this using the Past Perfect Continuous tense?

36To express the duration before something in the past

37He ..... the street-seller about the woman who ..... at night.

38When I got there, they ..... for me.

39Had she not been singing for ten years? (CHOOSE THE CORRECT KIND OF TENSE)

40Complete the sentence:She didn't get the joke because she ..... to the conversation.

41He had been waiting for the bus for over an hour when it finally arrived. He was frustrated because the bus was late.How long had he been waiting for the bus?

42Susan had many game cards. She ..... game cards from different players before she was ten.

43The mechanic ..... my bike since morning.(Past Perfect Cont.)

44Complete the sentence:By the time the bell rang, we ..... on our science project for a full hour.

45Formulate a sentence in the past perfect progressive: (They / wait / for two hours)

46Complete the sentence:My phone died because I ..... videos all morning.

47Kate was annoyed when I arrived late because she ..... for ages.

48I knew he ..... into my couch because I smell his perfume.

49Choose the correct answer using Past perfect continuousThey ..... in Beijing for three years when he lost his job.

50Sally gained weight because she ..... overeating

51Choose the correct verb tense: They (have/had) been waiting for an hour when the bus finally arrived.

52The sentence 'They had been waiting for the bus' is written in the Past Perfect Continuous tense.

53Identify the tense: "He had been teaching for five years before he moved."

54They ..... in Tokyo for three years when he lost the final match.

55Lucy ..... (hope) for a new car, so she was really pleased when she ..... (get) one

56His English was perfect. He ..... (study) it since he was five.

57Before he went there, he ..... for a long time

58True or False:To emphasize that you finished all your chores *before* your friends came over, you should say, 'I had been doing my chores before they arrived.'

59There was plenty of snow outside. It ..... all night.

60Jim could not have broken the vase as he ..... to repair his handphone in his room all morning.

61Which tense: He had been sleeping for hours before the storm.