PAST PERFECT : SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

Brad __________ for his sales receipt for an hour before he found it in the kitchen.

• had been looking

• had looked

Brad __________ for his sales receipt in his wallet and in all the shopping bags before he found it in the kitchen.

• had been looking

• had looked

Julia __________ rare books for ages, so she had a lot of them.

• had bought

• had been buying

By the time Julia was twenty, she __________ more than fifty rare books.

• had bought

• had been buying

Kent __________ so many efficient gadgets by the time he retired that his company gave him an award.

• had designed

• had been designing

Kent __________ efficient gadgets for a long time, so he was very good at it

• had designed

• had been designing

Tina knew the flea market had good prices because she __________ there before.

• had shopped

• had been shopping

Tina had no money left because she __________ at the flea market all morning

• had shopped

• had been shopping