Past Perfect Simple and Continuous

Shamsul was tired because he (work) _________ all day

• had been working

• worked

May (study)___________ for six hours, so took a break.

• had studied

• had been studying

We saw that the bus (already leave) ___________

• had already left

• left

Which of these verbs are past perfect

• had not been

• have looked

• seen

• hasn't wanted

Which of these verbs are not past perfect continuous?

• had been walking

• had been washing

• had been travelling

• had forgotten

Emphasize on the duration of an activity in the past

• past perfect continuous

• past perfect simple

Emphasize the result of an activity in the past

• past perfect simple

• past perfect continuous

Identify the correct form of past perfect simple

• She had not finished her lunch

• We took our bags and rushed on the platform

Which of these is not past perfect continuous tense?

• I had been helping him to do the task before I started the program.

• Richard had been practicing to sing the song since morning

• We had been enjoying the program thoroughly for three hours.

• They had been to London

Choose the correct statement?

• Past perfect simple -Express past action, already finished when another past action happened

• Past Perfect continuous- emphasize result of an activity