Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz
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I __________(try) to win your mother’s heart for months before she finally agreed to go out with me.
A. had been tried
B. had been trying
C. had tried
D. had trying
Timothy _____ ______ _______ networking courses for two years when he was promoted to be a coach.
A. had taken
B. had been taking
C. have been taking
D. could have taken
Which tense is this?
“At last the bus came. I had been waiting for haft an hour!”
A. Simple Past
B. Past Continuous
C. Past Perfect
D. Past Perfect Continuous
Priscilla _______ _______ __________ information about an accident for two days, when the thief stole her notes.
A. had gathered
B. was gathering
C. had been gathered
D. had been gathering
We ________ (phone) mom, but she wasn’t home. She ________ (go) out.
A. phoned / had gone
B. phone / goes
C. phoned / had went
D. phone / had go
I ________ (watch) television for ten minutes when the phone _________ (ring).
A. watched, had rung
B. watched, rang
C. had been watching, rang
D. had watched, rang
The fire _________________ (break out) after Sam ______________ (fall) asleep.
A. broke out, had fallen
B. breaks out, falls
C. had broken out, fell
D. broke out, had fell
The students had already completed the work when the teacher entered the class.
A. Past perfect tense
B. Simple past tense
C. Past continuous tense
D. Present continuous tense
When I first met Ann, she _____ (work) in Samsung for 15 years.
A. had been working
B. have been working
C. worked
D. had worked
They had lived in Tallinn for 3 months before they …. to Saue.
A. were moving
B. move
C. have moved
D. moved
We hadn’t ______ anything all day.
A. ate
B. eaten
Her eyes were red. It was obvious that she _____ (cry).
A. had cried
B. have cried
C. had been crying
D. cried
Some of the jury _______ the law before they worked in the court.
A. broke
B. had broken
That day I _____________ at the airport yet, so I worried.
A. hasn’t arrive
B. hadn’t arrived
C. hadn’t arrive
D. hasn’t arrived
The past perfect continuous tense emphasizes _______________.
A. that an event has finished.
B. habitual activities in the present.
C. that one event was interrupted by another event in the past.
D. the duration of one event in the past, before another event interrupted it.
I was really relieved when I found the documents. I _________ (look for) them whole morning.
A. had looked for
B. had been looked
C. had been looked for
D. had been looking for
After all the workers __________ (go) home, the security guard locked the office.
A. go
B. had gone
C. went
D. are going
I __________ borrow the book from Tim because I ___________ it already.
A. didn’t….had read
B. was not…had read
C. didn’t…read
Helen ______________ (not feel) well for two days when I _______________ (visit) her last Sunday.
A. did not feel, visited
B. did not feel, had been visiting
C. had not been feeling, visited
D. doesn’t feel, visits
I assumed you ________ paying for the repairs until the end of last year.
A. have been
B. are being
C. had been
D. was been
Carlos _________ _________ ___________ all day, so he had a headache.
A. had worked
B. was working
C. has been working
D. had been working
I was really hungry. I ……………………………………………. anything since the morning. (not eat)
A. haven’t eaten
B. hasn’t eaten
C. wasn’t eating
D. hadn’t eaten
We ___________________ (BE) worried about John because we ___________________ (CALL) several times but he never answered
A. were ; had called
B. was ; had called
C. had been ; called
D. be ; has called
I ___________ (wait) for her for hours before she came.
A. had been waiting
B. has been waiting
C. had been waited
D. had waited
Jenny was annoyed. Jim _______ (call) her every night for the whole week!
A. called
B. had been calling
C. has been calling
D. had called
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