GRAMMAR QUIZ 2.
2 ● GROUP B
Name: __________________________________
Class: __________________________________
Total: _________/20
2.2 Past Perfect Simple and Continuous
1 Complete the second sentence so that it means
the same as the first. Use the Past Perfect Simple
or Past Perfect Continuous.
0 at a party: I’m talking to a guy I’ve never met
before.
the next day: I was talking to a guy I’d never met
before.
1 He’s never forgotten her but she doesn’t know
that.
She didn’t know ________________________
______________________________________.
2 1:05 p.m.: Jane is calling me on my mobile and
I’ve just been thinking about her!
1:30 p.m.: Jane called me when ____________
_____________________________ about her!
3 Monday: I’m taking the test although I haven’t
been studying at all.
Wednesday: I took the test even though
________________________________ at all.
4 I texted him once and then once again and
again and then I called him.
I called him after I _______________________
_____________________________ times.
5 We met in 2010. I was unemployed from early
2009 until 2011.
We met when I _________________________
______________________ nearly a year.
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© Pearson 2020 PHOTOCOPIABLE Focus 4 SECOND EDITION (B2/B2+)
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form
of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple,
Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous.
0 My hands were (be) all dirty because I had just
finished (just / finish) painting the house.
1 He __________________ (arrive) when we
__________________ (already / wait) for him
for over an hour.
2 Annie and Jake ________________ (come) so
late that we ___________________ (already /
watch) half of the film.
3 We ___________________ (look for) the right
present for them for weeks when we finally
________________ (come across) this painting.
4 She ________________ (revise) all of the
material twice so she ________________ (feel)
ready for the exam.
5 I ________________ (not be) sure what to expect,
as I ________________ (never / do) yoga before.
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3 Choose the correct option.
0 I had the impression I had met / been
meeting you somewhere before.
1 I was excited about the family reunion
because I hadn’t seen / been seeing my
cousins in years!
2 My sister looked quite nervous – I don’t think
she had ever proposed / ever been proposing
a toast before!
3 'Why were you so tired when I saw you last
night?' 'Because I had cooked / been cooking
all day!'
4 He hadn’t felt / been feeling well for a year
before the doctors finally gave him the right
diagnosis.
5 She was sad because he hadn’t contacted /
been contacting her in a long while.
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