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Past Perfect ContinuousSet 9

1Which tense is used to express an action that began in the past before some point and continued up to that point?

2Select the correct form of the verb in bracket. I ..... (walk) for half an hour when it started to rain.

3Select past continuous or past perfect continuous for the sentence below."Joe and I work for the same company. I started working at the company a few years ago. At the time I started, Joe ..... (already/work) there for two years."

4We ..... for hours when we stopped for a rest.

5Finally my teacher went yesterday, We ..... him for 3 hours. (wait)

6I ..... 5 km a day before I broke my right leg.

7Which of the following is a question with Past Perfect Continuous?

8Mark the leter A, B, C, D to indicate the correct answer to each of following the questionMy girls friend arrived after I ..... for her about half an hour.

9He ..... there half a minute, when along came two boys and a girl.

10By 2013 I ..... English for 6 years.

11Identify the tense of the sentence: 'I had been reading for two hours before dinner.'

12We use had been + the-ing of the main verb to form the past perfect continuous.

13You'd have understood if you ..... when he explained it all.

14Until 2008, we ..... (never/ be) sailing

15Choose the correct rule for Past Perfect Continuous

16When I arrived, she ..... for me. She was very angry with me.

17The researchers had been studying the effects of climate change for years before they published their groundbreaking findings.

18Mr. Pike ..... English at our school for 20 years before he retired last year. A. was teaching B. had been teaching C. is teaching D. has been teaching

19We were sitting and calling jack who ..... (travel) across Europe

20I went to Madrid a few years ago and stayed with a friend of mine. She ..... there very long, but she knew the city very well.

21Past perfect continuousWhat are the auxiliary verbs of the past perfect continuous tense?

22Which sentence correctly contrasts an earlier, ongoing action with a later one?

23Identify the verb tense in the sentence: 'He had been waiting for an hour when she finally arrived.'

24I was really tired because I .....

25They had been practicing for weeks.

26We ..... for a long time by the time he arrived.

27We ..... for three hours before we finally found a hotel.

28This tense is used to emphasize the duration of an action that was completed before another action or event in the past

29We (walk) along a forest road for two hours when we saw a house.

30Is this correct?They had been offered half a million dollars for the house, but they did not want to sell it.

31Which sentence has a mistake in its use of the past perfect continuous tense?

32Cathy was sitting in an armchair resting. She was tired because ..... very hard.

33They had been dating for two years.

34Lay ..... for the business corporation for 3 years when he got the promotion.

35After she ..... at the hospital for 2 years, she ..... to give up the job yesterday. A. had been working/ decides B.had been working/ decided C. working/had decided D. is working/will decide

36Demonstrators (BLOCK) the road for long hours when police came and disperced the crowd

37My parents had (quarrel) ..... 1 hour before my grandmother came back home

38When he ..... us to go in, we ..... outside the exam room for over half an hour. A. let-are standing B. let-have stood C. let-had been standing D. let-have been standing

39Choose the best way to combine these ideas into one sentence:'I started waiting at 10:00 AM. My friend finally showed up at 10:30 AM.'

40Which tense combines 'had', 'been', and 'ing' to indicate continuous past actions?

41Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option:"She ..... in this company for five years before she got promoted."

42"The team ..... (practice) for hours when the coach finally arrived."

43My mother ..... working rendang for 3 days when I came.

44Which sentence correctly shows the basic structure for the past perfect continuous tense?

45He ..... in the park for hours before his friends arrived.

46Once Sally saw me, I ..... for 3 hours.

47Ethan and Noah ..... (already/wait) for 2 hours when the bus finally arrived.

48Identify the correct use of past perfect continuous: 'They (study) for hours before the exam started.'

49By the end of last March, I ..... English for five years. A. had been studied B. had been studying C. will have been studying D. will have studied

50My aunt ..... traditional books for ages when she decided to buy an e-reader in 2010.

51Which sentence best represents the situation?

52What tense is used in the sentence: He had been waiting for an hour.

53By the time Sam found an umbrella, it ..... for ten minutes.

54He ..... for over three hours when he finished the report.

55..... my mother ..... all day?

56I had been studying English

57Is the following correct?I had been dreaming about a holiday in Greece.

58"He ..... (work) on the project all night before the system crashed."

59I was angry when you saw me because I ..... with my sister. A. have been arguing B. had been arguing C. argued D. would argue

60Wattie was angry. She ..... for a long time but they only arrived an hour ago.

61The vegetables didn't taste good. They ..... too long.