The Past perfect and the 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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

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

• had drank

• have drank

• had been drinking

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

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

• had been working

• have been working

• has been working

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.4.1B

Her nerves began to recover from the shock they _________

• receive

• received

• had received

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

He stayed up all night because he had received a lot of homework.

• Present Progressive
• Past Progressive
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect

Last week we were painting the house.

• Present Progressive
• Past Progressive
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect

I had met him before you introduced us.

• Present Progressive
• Past Progressive
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

You had studied German before you moved to Germany.

• Present Progressive
• Past Progressive
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect

We hadn't prepared at all before we took that test.

• Present Progressive
• Past Progressive
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect