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PAST PERFECT SIMPLE TENSE & PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We use Past Perfect for?

a)

something that happened again and again.

b)

for something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past.

c)

something that happened once in the past

2.

We use Past Perfect Continuous for?

a)
  • to show that an action was ongoing or in progress before another action in the past

b)

something that happened once in the past.

c)
  • emphasizes the completion of an action before something else occurred

3.

What do we add in the verb to make it a Past Continuous?

a)

-ing

b)

-ed

c)

-d

d)

none

4.

What tense of verb to we use if if it's about PAST PERFECT?

a)

present tense

b)

past tense

c)

future tense

d)

past participle

5.

Structure:

  • "Had" + past participle of the main verb.

a)

Past Perfect Simple Tense

b)

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

6.

Structure:

  • "Had been" + present participle of the main verb.

a)

Past Perfect Simple Tense

b)

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

7.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

We use had been + the -ing of the main verb to form the past perfect continuous.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Had they climbed? is an example of Past Perfect Continuous

a)

True

b)

False

10.

How long had you been waiting here? is an example of Past Perfect Continuous

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Past perfect simple tense is used to describe the future.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which tense is this?

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

a)

Simple Past Tense

b)

Past Continuous Tense

c)

Past Perfect Tense

d)

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

13.

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

a)

Past Perfect Simple Tense

b)

Simple Past Tense

c)

Past Continuous Tense

d)

Present Continuous Tense

14.

When I ..... the essay, I gave it to the teacher.

a)

had been finishing

b)

had finished

c)

was finishing

d)

have finished

15.

By the time the bus arrived, we ....... for an hour and a half.

a)

had been waiting

b)

have been waiting

c)

had waited

d)

waited

16.

1. Choose the correct tense.

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

a)

had been driving

b)

drove

17.

8. She didn't go to work. She ---- a cold.

a)

had been catching

b)

had caught

c)

had

18.

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

a)

had been living

b)

had lived

c)

lived

19.

10. We ---- the contract before the meeting ended.

a)

had been signing

b)

had signed

c)

sang

20.

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

a)

had broken

b)

broke

c)

was break

d)

breaked

21.
The film..... by the time we got to the cinema.
a)
was started
b)
had start
c)
has started
d)
had started
22.

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