Past Perfect Continuous Tense Practice

The video tutorial explains the past perfect continuous tense, covering its formation in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It provides examples for each form and discusses the use of contractions in negative sentences. The tutorial aims to help learners understand and use the past perfect continuous tense effectively in English.

What is the structure of the past perfect continuous tense in its affirmative form?

• Subject + had + been + present participle + object

• Subject + have + been + present participle + object

• Subject + had + present participle + object

• Subject + was + been + present participle + object

What is the correct structure for the affirmative form of the past perfect continuous tense?

• Subject + have + been + present participle

• Subject + had + been + present participle

• Subject + had + present participle

• Subject + was + been + present participle

Which of the following sentences is in the past perfect continuous tense?

• James had been baking a cake.

• James is baking a cake.

• James will bake a cake.

• James bakes a cake.

Which of the following is NOT a correct example of the past perfect continuous tense?

• He had been swimming.

• We had been to the store.

• She had been reading.

• They had been playing.

How do you form the negative of the past perfect continuous tense?

• Subject + have + not + been + present participle + object

• Subject + had + not + been + present participle + object

• Subject + was + not + been + present participle + object

• Subject + had + been + not + present participle + object

What is the negative form of 'She had been swimming'?

• She had not been swimming.

• She did not swim.

• She has not been swimming.

• She was not swimming.

Which sentence correctly uses the negative form of the past perfect continuous tense?

• Liam won't be running the race for long.

• Liam isn't running the race for long.

• Liam wasn't running the race for long.

• Liam hadn't been running the race for long.

Which of the following sentences uses the contracted form of the negative past perfect continuous?

• He hasn't been running.

• He didn't run.

• He hadn't been running.

• He wasn't running.

What is the contracted form of 'I had not'?

• I wasn't

• I hadn't

• I haven't

• I won't

What is the contracted form of 'They had not'?

• They haven't

• They didn't

• They hadn't

• They wasn't