PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

EXAMPLES
All day
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All morning 1- I had been living in that small town for three years before I moved
to New York.
All the time 2- I was so tired. I had been revising my lessons for hours

For + an hour

Six hours
1-USE THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS.
Several hours
1. I (try)  1- I (try) ____________get tickets for that play for months
Three years
before before my friend finally got them.
2. When I 2-When I arrived at the theater, my friend (pick,
already) _______________ the tickets
3. He was really angry because he (wait) ___________________ more than half an
hour when I arrived.
4. When the play started, I (already, apologize) ______________to my friend.
5. We (watch) ____________________the play all evening before the lights went
off.

2--USE THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE OR THE SIMPLE PAST.

1.Pat _______(live) in London before she _______________(move) to Rome.

2.After Fred ________(spend) his holiday in Italy he ____________(want) to learn
Italian.

3.Jill ______________(phone) Dad at work before she _________(leave) for her trip.

4.Susa______________(switch) off the radio after she _____________(wash) up.

5.When she ______________(not/arrive) the football

match________________(already/start).

6.After the man _____________(come) home he ____________(feed) the cat.

7.Before he ______________(sing) the new song in public he _____________(practise)

it for hours.

8.She _____________(watch) a video after the children ____________(not /go) to

bed.

9.After Eric_____________(not /make) his breakfast he ______________(call) his

friend.
10.I______________(be) very tired because I ___________(study) too much.

6.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

1- 1- 1-

2- 2- 2-

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