Past Perfect - Past Perfect Continuous

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This exercise is assigned to intermediate students to practise the differentiation between Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.
Iryna Voropai
Quiz by Iryna Voropai, updated more than 1 year ago
Iryna Voropai
Created by Iryna Voropai almost 4 years ago
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Question 1

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1. The phone __________________ for ages before she answered it.
Answer
  • had been ringing
  • had rung

Question 2

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By the time the storm was over, the river ______________ the village.
Answer
  • had flooded
  • had been flooding

Question 3

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Tony was surprised that the storm _____________ him.
Answer
  • hadn’t woken
  • hadn’t been waking

Question 4

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The people were very angry because they ____________ such high taxes for years.
Answer
  • had paid
  • had been paying

Question 5

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The girls ________________ Ancient Greek art for two terms.
Answer
  • had studied
  • had been studying

Question 6

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Michael __________________ the whole pizza before I got home.
Answer
  • had eaten
  • had been eating

Question 7

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Emma _____________________ the New Year’s Eve party since November.
Answer
  • had planned
  • had been planning

Question 8

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I __________________ my classmates since we finished school.
Answer
  • hadn’t seen
  • hadn’t been seeing

Question 9

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The roads were really dangerous as it _________________ all day.
Answer
  • had rained
  • had been raining

Question 10

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Billie Piper _________________ the part of Rose for several years before she decided to change.
Answer
  • had played
  • had been playing

Question 11

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Darren ________________ a top job by the time he was 20 years old.
Answer
  • had been finding
  • had found

Question 12

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I ___________________ all morning before I got through to the secretary.
Answer
  • had been calling
  • had called

Question 13

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He apologised because he ______________ the meeting.
Answer
  • had missed
  • had been missing

Question 14

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By the time he retired, Mr Harris ______________ 10,000 people how to drive.
Answer
  • had been teaching
  • had taught

Question 15

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The Internet around for very long before it became popular.
Answer
  • hadn’t been
  • hadn’t been being
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