PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Miss Susan _______ us a lot of homework for the weekend so we were very tired.

• had been giving

• had given

• had giving

• had being giving

I ________ to get tickets for the concert for weeks but they were all sold out.

• had been tring

• were tried

• had been trying

• had tried

She ________ her homework by dinner.

• had finishing

• had been finishing

• finished

• had finished

Which of the following sentences are in the PAST PERFECT SIMPLE?

• I had been working at the company for five years when I got the promotion.

• Harold had known about it for two weeks.

• Martha had been walking three miles a day before she broke her leg.

• I didn't say anything until she had finished talking.

Which of the following sentences are in the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS?

• Had the concert already started when you arrived?

• She didn't see Peter because he had gone to the supermarket.

• I told her that I had been waiting for 3 hours but she didn't say anything.

• Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?

It _________________ (RAIN) hard for several hours and the streets were flooded.

We ______________ (TRY) to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.

She _________ (MEET) him before the party.

The plane __________ (LEAVE) by the time I got to the airport.

When the police arrived, the thief _________.

• had escaped

• escaped

• had been escaped

• had been escaping