Use of English Assessment Past Perf X Past Perf Continuous Quiz

Which sentence is in the past perfect continuous tense?

• A) She had been waiting for hours.

• She was waiting for hours.

• She had waiting for hours.

• She has been waiting for hours.

Form a past perfect question: ___________ you finish your homework before the movie started?

• Did you finish your homework before the movie started?

• Have you finished your homework before the movie started?

• Was you finishing your homework before the movie started?

• Had you finished your homework before the movie started?

Differentiate between past perfect and past perfect continuous

• Past perfect is used for actions happening simultaneously, past perfect continuous is used for actions happening sequentially.

• Past perfect is used for future actions, past perfect continuous is used for present actions.

• Past perfect is for completed actions before another action, past perfect continuous is for continuous actions before another action.

• Past perfect is for continuous actions before another action, past perfect continuous is for completed actions before another action.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of past perfect: By the time we arrived, they _______ already _______ dinner.

• had eaten

• had ate

• ate

• have eaten

Identify which sentence in past perfect

• They had been playing football yesterday.

• They had been playing football since two hours.

• They had been playing football for two hours.

• They had played football for two hours.

Rewrite the sentence in past perfect tense: She has been studying for the exam.

• She had studied for the exam.

• She has studied for the exam.

• She had been studying for the exam.

• She was studying for the exam.

Form a past perfect question: ___________ they leave before the storm hit?

• Were they leaving before the storm hit?

• Had they left before the storm hit?

• Did they leave before the storm hit?

• Have they left before the storm hit?

Fill in the blank with the correct form of past perfect: When I got there, they _______ already _______ the cake.

• baked

• had baked

• have baked

• had been baking

• had bake

Rewrite the sentence in past perfect tense: They have been waiting for the bus.

• They had waiting for the bus.

• They has been waiting for the bus.

• They had been waiting for the bus.

• They have waiting for the bus.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of past perfect: By the time we got to the party, they _______ already _______ home.

• had leave

• was gone

• had gone

• have went