Past Perfect Simple and Continuous

She … the dinner, so she decided to go have a rest for ten minutes.

• had cooked already

• already had cooked

• had already cooked

• had already been cooking

When we finally found his house, everyone....... (already/leave) for a club in town.

• had already left

• had left

• already had left

• left

The film..... by the time we got to the cinema.

• was started

• had start

• has started

• had started

The students had already completed the work when the teacher entered the class.

• Past perfect tense

• Simple past tense

• Past continuous tense

• Present continuous tense

Which tense is this?

"At last the bus came. I had been waiting for haft an hour!"

• Simple Past

• Past Continous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continous

After the horrifying monster …, everyone thought they were safe.

• had been disappearing

• has disappeared

• had disappear

• had disappeared

Cameron … for months, so he wasn’t surprised when he won the tennis match.

• had been practise

• had been practising

• has practised

• had practise

To put emphasis on the duration of an action completed in the past before another past action, usually with since or for, we use

• Past Pefect

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Simple

For an action which lasted for some time in the past and result was visible, we use

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Simple

When showing an action finished in the past and result was visible, we use

• Past Perfect

• Past Continuous

• Present Perfect