4A - Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous Tense

What is the formation of past perfect tense?

• had + past participle

• was + past participle

• have + past participle

• has + past participle

What is the formation of past perfect continuous tense?

• was + present participle

• had been + present participle

• had + past participle

• had been + past participle

Give an example of using past perfect tense in a sentence.

• She had already ate dinner when I arrived.

• She has already eaten dinner when I arrived.

• She already eaten dinner when I arrived.

• She had already eaten dinner when I arrived.

Give an example of using past perfect continuous tense in a sentence.

• They have been waiting for years and now they finally met.

• She had been studied for only some minutes before the exam.

• She had been studying for hours before she took the exam.

• He has been working for days, and now he is really tired.

What is the difference between past perfect and past perfect continuous tense?

• The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past, while the past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an ongoing action that started in the past and continued up until another point in the past.

• The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past, while the past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an ongoing action that started in the past and continued indefinitely.

• The past perfect tense is used to describe an ongoing action that started in the past and continued indefinitely, while the past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past.

• The past perfect tense is used to describe an ongoing action that started in the past and continued up until another point in the past, while the past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past.

Complete the sentence:

She _______ (study) for three hours before she took a break.

Complete the sentence: They _______ (play) football for two hours before it started raining.

• had playing

• had been played

• had played

• had been playing

Complete the sentence: He _______ (wait) for the bus for half an hour before it finally arrived.

• waits

• waited

• had waited

• waiting

Complete the sentence: I _______ (live) in that city for five years before I moved to a different country.

• have lived

• left

• lived

• had lived

Complete the sentence: We _______ (work) on this project for months before we finally completed it.

• had worked

• had been working

• have been working

• have worked