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4 Choose the correct option.
1 Match the sentence halves.
0. He had left his keys at school _c_ 0. She had watched / had been watching YouTube for
1. They had already finished dinner ___ hours.
2. I couldn’t read the newspaper ___ 1. I hadn’t ever had / hadn’t been having such a large
3. They had left by the time ___ cake for my birthday
4. It was already midnight and ___ 2. He was tired because he had trained / had been
5. He thought he had studied enough ___ training all evening.
3. By the time they arrived the film had already started
a. because I had broken my glasses. / had already been starting.
b. we got there. 4. I had waited / had been waiting for this all my life.
c. so he couldn’t get into his house. 5. I hadn’t seen / hadn’t been seeing anything so
d. but he still failed his exam. incredible in my life.
e. the film hadn’t finished yet.
f. when I arrived home 5 Make questions for the underlined answers.
0. We’d been studying for months.
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in How long had you been studying?
the past perfect simple. 1. Yes, they’d been walking for a long time.
0. I had started that day at 7am. (start) ____________________________________
1. We _______________________ each other in years. 2. No, I hadn’t seen it before.
(not see) ____________________________________
2. I _______________________ to the shops and 3. They’d been walking in the park.
wasn’t home at the time. (go) ____________________________________
3. It started to rain after they _______________ the 4. We had been talking about politics all day.
car. (wash) ____________________________________
4. She _________________________ so much in her 5. The boy had hit his sister and was in trouble.
life. (not eat) ____________________________________
5. My parents _________________ in bed for hours
when I got home. (be) 6 Correct the mistakes.
0. It had been snowed all weekend.
3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in It had been snowing all weekend.
the past perfect continuous. 1. When I arrived the concert has started.
0. They had been trying to improve the neighbourhood ____________________________________
for years. (try) 2. I didn’t have money because I lost my wallet.
1. It _______________________ all night. (rain) ____________________________________
2. I ________________________ for an hour when the 3. I saw it has been raining all night.
car broke down. (drive) ____________________________________
3. I ________________________ football all day. (play) 4. I was tired because I had run for hours.
4. He ________________________ for 30 minutes ____________________________________
when she decided to help. (clean) 5. He had gone for the time she realised.
5. She_______________________ for her exam all day. ____________________________________
(study)

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Name Class Date

10 GRAMMAR
Answer Key

1 4
1. f 1. hadn’t ever had
2. a 2. had been training
3. b 3. had already started
4. e 4. had been waiting
5. d 5. hadn’t seen

2 5
1. had not seen 1. Had they been walking for a long time?
2. had gone 2. Had you seen it before?
3. had washed 3. Where had they been walking?
4. had not eaten 4. What had you been talking about all day?
5. had been 5. What had the boy done?

3
1. had been raining 6
2. had been driving 1. When I arrived the concert had started.
3. had been playing 2. I didn’t have money because I had lost my
4. had been cleaning wallet.
5. had been studying 3. I saw it had been raining all night.
4. I was tired because I had been running for
hours.
5. He had gone by the time she realised.

Think Level 2 Unit 10 Grammar PHOTOCOPIABLE © Cambridge University Press 2017