Had Been

Bruno and Marcela met at a medical assembly, which Marcela ______ _______ ________ for a long time.

• was attending

• has been attending

• have been attending

• had been attending

Keyla _______ _________ ________ for two hours before she arrived.

• was driving

• has been driving

• had been driven

• had been driving

Carlos _________ _________ ___________ all day, so he had a headache.

• had worked

• was working

• has been working

• had been working

What are the auxiliary verbs of the past perfect continuous tense?

• has been

• had been

• was being

• have been

What do we need to add to the main verb in the Past perfect continuous tense?

• -s

• -ed

• -er

• -ing

The past perfect continuous tense emphasizes _______________.

• that an event has finished.

• habitual activities in the present.

• that one event was interrupted by another event in the past.

• the duration of one event in the past, before another event interrupted it.

Priscilla _______ _______ __________ information about an accident for two days, when the thief stole her notes.

• had gathered

• was gathering

• had been gathered

• had been gathering

Timothy _____ ______ _______ networking courses for two years when he was promoted to be a coach.

• had taken

• had been taking

• have been taking

• could have taken

My scores in high school _________ ________ ___________ until I made an effort to study more.

• couldn't be improved

• hadn't been improving

• haven't been improving

• wouldn't have improved

Joan's grandpa was upset. He ... for an hour.

• had been waiting

• had waited

• had been waited

• had been wait