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Past Perfect ContinuousSet 8

1Karen / learn Spanish / two years / go to live in Argentina
2The past: habitual events and specific incidents: Right or wrong?I'd been hiding in the bushes for over an hour before I realized that everyone else had gone home.
3He ..... for two hours before he finally slept
4Julia ..... for two hours before she arrived.
5Which sentence best contrasts a longer, earlier action with a shorter, later one?
6Our grandfather ..... as an engineer for 30 years before he retired in 1980. A.worked B. was working C. has been working D.had been working
7She had paint on her hands because she ..... all the day
8What is the correct structure for forming the past perfect continuous tense?
9Complete the next sentence with Past perfect simple or Past perfect continuous:Samueln (walk) around the city for about five hours before he decided to have dinner.
10Perfect Tenses or Irregular Verbs?"They had been playing soccer before it started to rain."
11Fill in the blank: She ..... for hours before he finally arrived.
12We ..... working all day when the storm started.
13The marketing campaign ..... successfully before launching.
14Graham ..... for the company for twenty years before he retired.
15The police had been jailing the criminals for five years
16Complete: "They ..... (wait) for over an hour when the bus finally came."
17How long ..... there before they fired him?
18True or False:The sentence 'They hadn't been waiting long before the movie started' is a correct negative sentence in the past perfect continuous tense.
19After I ..... for a couple of hours, I decided to stop.
20It was six o'clock and he ..... bored because he ..... for two hours.
21She ..... verb for two weeks.
22They ..... in our street for several weeks when I first met them.
23When I saw the vase on the website, I knew it was exactly what I .....
24A farmer couldn't believe what he saw when he came across a stranger living on his farm. The man, Ricky Megee ..... off the land in the Australian bush for two months.
25"she had a big toy collection before it was sold to someone else"Is the sentence above a correct example of past perfect continuous?
26The Past Perfect Continuous tense is used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past until what happened?
27Formed by adding had + be verb(been) before the verb and-ing to the verb
28How long ..... you ..... for the presentation to start?
29When I arrived, she ..... (wait) for me for an hour.
30They ..... (wait) at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
31Jean asked if the teacher ..... The new lessonfor 3 hours
32Your sister ..... online games all afternoon yesterday. This was why she didn't finish her homework.
33Which tense is used to describe an action that had been happening for a period of time before another action in the past?
34He had been working at the company for ten years before he resigned.
35When I ..... (arrive), it was clear that she ..... (work). Which option shows the correct use of past perfect continuous and past simple?
36He ..... for 2 hours when the light went out.
37The man ..... for hours before they ..... any fish
38They ..... running for three hours when the storm suddenly broke.
39The roads were blocked in the morning. It ..... all night.
40True or False:The sentence 'I had been knowing the secret for a week' uses the past perfect continuous tense correctly.
41Identify the tensehad been developing
42Jane was tired because she ..... all day.
43In the sentence "By the time I arrived, it ..... for hours, " which option is correct?
44S+had+been+V1ing
45Stewart was really exhausted because he ..... after the twins the whole afternoon.
46They ..... for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.
47Had you been ..... English for a long time before you went to London?
48The ground was wet. It ..... all night.
49Henry ..... for 10 years when he finally gave it up.
50Select the correct question form for the past perfect continuous tense.
51What is the negative form of the Past perfect continuous tense?
52She ..... at the company for six years before she resigned.
53Which tense uses had been + V-ing?
54We were late because we ..... some car problems. By the time we got to the train Susan ..... for us for more than two hours.
55Andrew ..... as an assistant manager before he was promoted.
56The preparation ..... by the time the guest .....
57The house was perfect for him-it was exactly what he ..... for.
58Tense Application Choose the correct tense as per the prompt) Past Perfect Continuous) They ..... for three hours before the teacher arrived.
59True or False:The sentence 'He was tired because he had been running' shows an action (running) that happened for a while before he felt tired.
60Sally ..... (type) this text for 3 hours before Mark came.
61Identify the tense: I had been working there for a year.