Past Perfect and Past Continuous

I ....to contact him for ages, but he never replied.

• had tried

• had trying

• tried

• am trying

By the time the bell ... , I ........the test.

• rings/was finishing

• rang/was finished

• rang/had finished

• had rung/had finished

I went to bed after I.....off the television.

• switched

• has switched

• had switched

• have switching

Mike wanted to settle down when he was 30, but he ___________________ all around the world years before.

• travelled

• has travelled

• had travelled

• travels

I .................... in Denver for a year before I moved to Houston in 2021.

• had been living

• have been living

• was living

• lived

Past Perfect is used for ...

• saying the facts and situations in the past

• mentioning the events having happened first actions in the past

• talking how long the action was in progress in the past

• for results in the past

I was very tired when I arrived home. I _______________ hard alll day.

• worked

• had been working

• had worked

• was working

He wanted to go to London because he __________________ (NEVER BE) there before.

• never was

• had never been

• were never

• had never was

We _______for Ann for three hours before she finally came.

• had been waiting

• had waited

• waited

• waiting

It was the third time I _____ chess with him that month.

• play

• had played

• had been playing

• play