WorksheetsPAST PERFECT SIMPLE TENSE & PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 48mins
We use Past Perfect for?
something that happened again and again.
for something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past.
something that happened once in the past
We use Past Perfect Continuous for?
to show that an action was ongoing or in progress before another action in the past
something that happened once in the past.
emphasizes the completion of an action before something else occurred
What do we add in the verb to make it a Past Continuous?
-ing
-ed
-d
none
What tense of verb to we use if if it's about PAST PERFECT?
present tense
past tense
future tense
past participle
Structure:
"Had" + past participle of the main verb.
Past Perfect Simple Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Structure:
"Had been" + present participle of the main verb.
Past Perfect Simple Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past perfect continuous tense is used for actions that started in the past and were still in progress when another action started or when something happened.
True
False
We use had been + the -ing of the main verb to form the past perfect continuous.
True
False
Had they climbed? is an example of Past Perfect Continuous
True
False
How long had you been waiting here? is an example of Past Perfect Continuous
True
False
Past perfect simple tense is used to describe the future.
True
False
Which tense is this?
"At last the bus came. I had been waiting for haft an hour!"
Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
The students had already completed the work when the teacher entered the class.
Past Perfect Simple Tense
Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense
When I ..... the essay, I gave it to the teacher.
had been finishing
had finished
was finishing
have finished
By the time the bus arrived, we ....... for an hour and a half.
had been waiting
have been waiting
had waited
waited
1. Choose the correct tense.
I had to have a break. I ------ so long.
had been driving
drove
8. She didn't go to work. She ---- a cold.
had been catching
had caught
had
9. When we moved to Park Street, the Johnsons ----there for ages.
had been living
had lived
lived
10. We ---- the contract before the meeting ended.
had been signing
had signed
sang
She didn't go to work because she ............................................. her leg. (break)
had broken
broke
was break
breaked
Which of these is not past perfect continuous tense?
I had been helping him to do the task before I started the program.
Richard had been practicing to sing the song since morning
We had been enjoying the program thoroughly for three hours.
They had been to London
