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Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Correct or Incorrect?

By the time they arrived, we were playing tennis.

a)

Correct!

b)

Incorrect!

2.

Liam and Noel _____________ (hike) near a volcano when it started to snow. They arrived at base camp two hours late.

a)

had been hiking

b)
were hiking
3.

Bonnie __________ (take) pictures of her cat when she saw a ghostly figure.

a)

was taking

b)

had been taking

4.

Charlotte __________ (do) Keto diet for a couple of months then and she ________ (lose) 9 kilos.

a)

had been doing / had been losing

b)

had been doing / had lost

c)

was doing / had lost

d)

was doing / had been losing

5.

Tris ___________ (study) all night, so they __________ (be) well-prepared for the test.

a)

was studying / were

b)

had been studying / had been

c)

had been studying / were

d)

was studying / were being

6.

Matt ________ (promise) to take Clarissa to the movies the entire week.

a)

had been promising

b)

had promised

7.

Sorry I missed your performance, I ___________ (have) a heated argument with a very chit-chatty person behind me.

a)

was having

b)

had been having

c)

had had

8.

The moment the food arrived, they _______ (get ready) to leave.

a)

were getting ready

b)

had been getting ready

9.

Correct or Incorrect?

Emily and Allie had traveled for days before they reached their destination yesterday.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

10.

Bayley _________ (read) 4 chapters of the book by 8 o'clock.

a)

had read

b)

had been reading