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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.
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grammar intermediate #verb tenses
english
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Iryna Voropai
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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
Question
By the time the storm was over, the river ______________ the village.
Answer
had flooded
had been flooding
Question 3
Question
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
Question
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
Question
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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