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Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continous

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
We use Past Perfect for an action which happened before another past action or before a stated time in the past.
a)
Yes
b)
No
2.

To put emphasis on duration of an action and finished in the past before another past action, usually with since or for.

a)

Past Pefect

b)

Past Perfect Continuous

c)

Past Simple

3.

An action which lasted for some time in the past and result was visible

a)

Past Perfect

b)

Past Perfect Continous

c)

Past Simple

4.
When we finally found his house, everyone....... (already/leave) for a club in town.
a)
had already left
b)
had left
c)
already had left
d)
left
5.

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

a)

had rung/had finished

b)

rang/was finished

c)

rang/had finished

6.
By the time his friend _____ the conclusions, Luke ______ all the assignment. 
a)
finished   /   had already sent
b)
sent  /  had already finished
c)
had send   /   finished
7.
Once Sally saw me , I .......for 3 hours.
a)
had gardened
b)
had been gardening
8.

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

a)

was started

b)

had start

c)

has started

d)

had started

9.

The children were wet because they (play) football in the rain.

a)

had played

b)

had been playing

10.

She was exhausted because she (work) since eight o'clock that morning.

a)

had worked

b)

had been working

11.

Everything was white because it (snow).

a)

had snowed

b)

had been snowing

12.

The house was perfect - it was exactly what he ... for.

a)

had been looking

b)

is looking

c)

has been looking

13.

By the time his friend ... the instructions, Luke ... all the assignment.

a)

had been reading/finished

b)

read/had finished

c)

had read/had finished

14.

When we........(finish) dinner, we went out.

a)

have finished

b)

had finished

c)

finished

d)

was finish

15.

Action finished in the past and result was visible.

a)

Past Perfect

b)

Past Continuous

c)

Present Perfect

16.

(PP) Sarah (a)   (think) your idea was great.

17.

(PPC) They (a)   (teach) us how to speak English better.

18.

(PP) Steve (a)   (write) a poem.

19.

(PP) John (a)   (go) to London two weeks before.

20.

(PP) The police (a)   (arrest) the thief the day before.

21.

(PPC) Adam and Natalie (a)   (know) each other for years

22.

(PPC) I needed a change. I (a)   (live) in New York for a long time.

23.

(PPC) Sally (a)   (work) as a waitress for 5 years when she went back to university.

24.

(PP) She _____ already _____ (see) that film in the cinema when they watched it on DVD.

(a)  

25.

(PPC) I was so frustrated. I (a)   (write) my story for 2 week.

26.

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

a)

was attending

b)

has been attending

c)

have been attending

d)

had been attending

27.
Monica ______ never __________ a beautiful painting like this one.
a)
had seen
b)
has saw
c)
had saw
d)
has seen
28.

Sam …….. (to drive) a car for five hours now.

a)

a. had been driving

b)

b. have been driven

c)

c. has been driving

d)

d. is driving

29.

Which of these is not past perfect continuous tense?

a)

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

b)

Richard had been practicing to sing the song since morning

c)

We had been enjoying the program thoroughly for three hours.

d)

They had been to London

30.

(2) when he come to the library, his friend ...... (leave) him to canteen

a)

had been left

b)

had left

c)

had leave

d)

had been leaving

31.

Which tense is this?

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

a)

Simple Past

b)

Past Continous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Past Perfect Continous

32.

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

a)

Past perfect tense

b)

Simple past tense

c)

Past continuous tense

d)

Present continuous tense

33.

She didn't go to work because she ............................................. her leg. (break)

a)

had broken

b)

broke

c)

was break

d)

breaked

34.
The film..... by the time we got to the cinema.
a)
was started
b)
had start
c)
has started
d)
had started
35.

To put emphasis on duration of an action and finished in the past before another past action, usually with since or for.

a)

Past Pefect

b)

Past Perfect Continuous

c)

Past Simple

36.
We use Past Perfect for an action which happened before another past action or before a stated time in the past.
a)
Yes
b)
No
37.
When we finally found his house, everyone....... (already/leave) for a club in town.
a)
had already left
b)
had left
c)
already had left
d)
left
38.

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

a)

had rung/had finished

b)

rang/was finished

c)

rang/had finished

39.
By the time his friend _____ the conclusions, Luke ______ all the assignment. 
a)
finished   /   had already sent
b)
sent  /  had already finished
c)
had send   /   finished
40.
Once Sally saw me , I .......for 3 hours.
a)
had gardened
b)
had been gardening
41.

The children were wet because they (play) football in the rain.

a)

had played

b)

had been playing

42.

She was exhausted because she (work) since eight o'clock that morning.

a)

had worked

b)

had been working

43.

Everything was white because it (snow).

a)

had snowed

b)

had been snowing

44.

By the time his friend ... the instructions, Luke ... all the assignment.

a)

had been reading/finished

b)

read/had finished

c)

had read/had finished

45.

9. When we moved to Park Street, the Johnsons ----there for ages.

a)

had been living

b)

had lived

c)

lived

46.

7. I was really hungry. I ------ anything since the morning.

a)

had not been eating

b)

had not eaten

47.
.... (the driver/talk) to you or had he stayed in his car before the police arrived?
a)
Had the driver talked
b)
Did the driver talk
c)
Was the driver talking
d)
Had the diver beetn talked
48.

1. Choose the correct tense.

I had to have a break. I ------ so long.

a)

had been driving

b)

drove

49.
When he was driving to work he realized that he .......... to take his pendrive with him.
a)
forgot
b)
has forgotten
c)
had forgotten
d)
forgets
50.

SUBJECT +HAD+ VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + (SIMPLE PAST)

a)

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

b)

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

51.

SUBJECT + HAD + BEEN + VERB(ING)/GERUND + TIME EXPRESSION

a)

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

b)

PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS

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