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10 GRAMMAR BASIC
1 Rearrange the words to make sentences.
1 Edward / using / been / computer / had / the
Edward had been using the computer.
2 been / not / paying / I / attention / had
3 had / you / planning / to study / in college / been /
German / ?
4 she / sleeping / had / for long / when / been /
I called / ?
5 been / had / same hotel / staying / they / in the
6 the news / about / been / everyone / talking / had
2 Complete the sentences with the verb in
parentheses in the past perfect continuous.
1 She had been cooking (cook) all day.
2 We (look) for a house for
months when we finally found the perfect one.
3 Tim (not feel) well for a
while, so he went to the doctor.
4 We (wait) in the airport for
hours before our flight was canceled.
5 I didn’t know the answer because
I (not pay) attention.
6 My sister (train) for a
marathon before she got sick.
3 Match the questions and answers.
1 What had you been reading? f
2 Where had you been living?
3 Where had your mother been working?
4 What had your brother been studying?
5 What shows had you been watching?
6 What sports had you been playing?
a He’d been studying history.
b I’d been playing baseball.
c She’d been working at the hospital.
d I’d been watching reality shows on TV.
e I’d been living in the apartment on 32nd Street.
f I’d been reading mystery novels.
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4 Choose the correct options.
1 It had rained / had been raining for days before the
streets flooded.
2 We had studied / had been studying for hours
before we finally decided to take a break.
3 They had paid / had been paying their taxes on
time every year.
4 He had been promoted / had been being promoted
three times already.
5 The couple had eaten / had been eating breakfast
at the same restaurant every Sunday for years.
6 Harry had shopped / had been shopping for a
motorcycle for months before he finally found one.
5 Complete the sentences with verbs in
parentheses in past perfect or continuous.
1 The officers had questioned (question) all of
the witnesses by noon.
2 We (eat) dinner late every night.
3 I (read) all of Shakespeare’s plays
by the time I was fifteen.
4 She (watch) movies all weekend.
5 Anastasia (work) on her novel for
years before anyone agreed to publish it.
6 They (travel) through a blizzard
to make it home for Christmas.
6 Correct the underlined mistake in each sentence.
1 She had being watching scary movies all night.
She had been watching scary movies all night.
2 Grandma had been cooked for a long time.
3 The farmers had waiting for some rain.
4 They had already been watching the movie five
times.
5 We had walking on the beach for hours.
6 The plane has been flying for a while before it
landed.
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