Past Perfect - Past Perfect Continuous

Quiz by Iryna Voropai, created more than 1 year ago

This exercise is assigned to intermediate students to practise the differentiation between Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.

	Created by Iryna Voropai almost 4 years ago

This exercise is assigned to intermediate students to practise the differentiation between Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.

Past Perfect - Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect - Past Perfect Continuous

Question 1 of 15

1. The phone __________________ for ages before she answered it.

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Question 2 of 15

By the time the storm was over, the river ______________ the village.

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Question 3 of 15

Tony was surprised that the storm _____________ him.

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Question 4 of 15

The people were very angry because they ____________ such high taxes for years.

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Question 5 of 15

The girls ________________ Ancient Greek art for two terms.

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Question 6 of 15

Michael __________________ the whole pizza before I got home.

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Question 7 of 15

Emma _____________________ the New Year’s Eve party since November.

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Question 8 of 15

I __________________ my classmates since we finished school.

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Question 9 of 15

The roads were really dangerous as it _________________ all day.

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Question 10 of 15

Billie Piper _________________ the part of Rose for several years before she decided to change.

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Question 11 of 15

Darren ________________ a top job by the time he was 20 years old.

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Question 12 of 15

I ___________________ all morning before I got through to the secretary.

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Question 13 of 15

He apologised because he ______________ the meeting.

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Question 14 of 15

By the time he retired, Mr Harris ______________ 10,000 people how to drive.

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Question 15 of 15

The Internet around for very long before it became popular.

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The people were very angry because they ____________
such high taxes for years.

The roads were really dangerous as it _________________
all day.