Past Perfect Continuous Tense

They told me that the renovation works __________ on since morning.

• were going

• had been going

• had gone

• have been going

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I __________ for an hour when an ambulance arrived at my neighbour's.

• had been working out

• was working out

• had worked out

• has worked out

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

By the time Mrs Lee got home, the children __________ computer games for two hours.

• were playing

• have been playing

• had been playing

• played

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Kelly was devastated that the dollhouse she __________ for the last three weeks was destroyed.

• was building

• had been building

• built

• had built

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Jim could not have broken the vase as he __________ to repair his handphone in his room all morning.

• had been trying

• tried

• had tried

• was trying

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Steve was disappointed when he had to cancel the trip he __________ since two months ago.

• planned

• had planned

• was planning

• had been planning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Mary was distraught when she could not calm the baby who __________ for an hour.

• cried

• had cried

• had been crying

• was crying

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Zac was ecstatic when his parents bought him a bicycle he __________ for.

• wished

• had wished

• was wishing

• had been wishing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Peter and Jane __________ at the park when they parents found them.

• played

• had played

• had been playing

• were playing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Aiden and Siti __________ for twenty minutes when the Discipline Master was called.

• quarrelled

• were quarrelling

• had been quarrelling

• had quarrelled

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D