Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive

I ___________ to get tickets for that play for months, and didn't want to miss it.

• has been trying

• had been trying

• had been tried

I finally left the bar. I ______________ three shots of pisco and I _________ over an hour.

• had had / had been waiting

• have had/ had been waiting

• have had/have been waiting

Kathy told me you __________ late several times in the past. She also mentioned that she __________ several movies because of your late arrivals.

• have been/ had missed

• have been/ have missed

• had been / had missed

He ____________ milk out the carton when Mom walked into the kitchen.

• had drank

• have drank

• had been drinking

I _______________ at the company for five years when I got the promotion.

• had been working

• have been working

• has been working

Cathy _______________ the piano for 35 years when she was finally asked to do a solo with the local orchestra.

• had been playing

• have been playing

• has been playing

... and turning she saw he ___________ his head and was sitting and looking at her.

• has raised

• had raised

• had been raising

He held a white cloth -it was a serviette he ________with him.

• brought

• has brought

• had brought

Her nerves began to recover from the shock they _________

• receive

• received

• had received