U6 Grammar 1 Past Perfect Progressive

Multiple Choice

The doctors _____________ while the students were studying for the test.

• was working

• were working

• were worked

Multiple Choice

I ______________ to my mother.

• were talking

• was talked

• was talking

Multiple Choice

They ______________ to China while she was preparing a party.

• not traveling

• wasn't traveling

• weren't traveling

Multiple Choice

I ____________ to school when I _______________the accident.

• was going/saw

• is going/see

• was going/were seeing

• went/ were seeing

Multiple Choice

When we met, you _______________________(work) at that company for six months.

• had worked

• had had worked

• had been worked

• had been working

Multiple Choice

We _____________________ (eat) all day, so we ______________(feel) a bit ill.

• has eaten; had felt

• have been eaten; have felt

• has been eating; feeling

• had been eating; felt

Multiple Choice

He _____________(is) red in the face because he___________________ (run) .

• was; had been running

• are; have been running

• is; has been ran

• was; was running

Multiple Choice

It ________________ (rain) and the road ________________ (be cover) in water.

• had been raining; was covered

• have rained; covered

• had rained; had covered

• has had rained; have covered

Multiple Choice

I _____________(to tire) because I _______________(study) .

• am tired; I have studying

• was tired; had been studying

• was tired; had studied

• had been tired; studying

Multiple Select

He wasn't hungry because he _________ all day long.

• is eating

• had eaten

• was eating

• had been eating

Multiple Choice

She _____ not _____ very well. (feel)

• Had

  Been feeling

• Has

  Been feeling

• Hasn't

  Been feeling

Multiple Choice

Select the appropriate negative sentence in the past perfect progressive tense.

• They hadn't been studying for the test.

• They haven't been studying for the test.

• She had not been learning.

Draw

How does the Past Perfect Progressive look like to you? Draw it out.

You may present it in a single picture or in multiple comic panels.

Take note of the time limit.

Open Ended

What questions do you have about the Past Perfect Progressive?

If you have none, state "NA"

Open Ended

Change this sentence into the Past Perfect Progressive

Answer:

Paul told me that the trainers had been training the dogs to detect flammable substances.

Open Ended

Change this sentence into the

Past Perfect Progressive

Answer:

The officer explained that the dogs had been sniffing around the collapsed building to help locate survivors.

Open Ended

Change this sentence into the Past Perfect Progressive

Answer:

The nurse recounted that the children had been hugging the therapy dogs with huge smiles on their faces.

Task:

Complete Learning Sheet Page 4 and 5

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