The Past Perfect Continuous Exercise at Auto-English
[Pages:2]The Past Perfect Continuous Exercise
He had been eating garlic
A Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using the past perfect continuous or the past perfect simple. 1 When the student revolution came, I ............................................. there for 6 months. ( work ) 2 Before Jim finally decided to go to Thailand, he ............................................. about it for months. ( think ) 3 They ............................................. all the chocolate cake by the time Michael got to the party. ( eat ) 4 I ............................................. Scarlett Johansson on three previous occasions. Lucky me! ( met ) 5 The forensic evidence shows that he ............................................. his nose just before he was murdered. ( pick ) 6 When the doctor told him his liver was seriously bad, he ............................................. hamburgers for a month. ( eat ) 7 Prior to the explosion, the fat man ............................................. seven large chocolate cakes. ( eat ) 8 When they cancelled the flight to Alicante, the storm ............................................. all afternoon with no sign of abating.
( rage )
B Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using the past perfect continuous or the past continuous. 1 When I asked Carlos if he wanted to go out, he said he couldn't because he ............................................. an
assignment. ( finish ) 2 Scarlett came into the room panting. She ............................................. round the park. ( jog ) 3 Scarlett wasn't in. She ............................................. around the park. ( jog ) 4 I ............................................. a bath when I suddenly had a great idea. ( have ) 5 He told me he ............................. seriously ............................. about finding another job soon. ( think ) 6 He ............................................. about finding a new job for about a year before he finally got round to it. He?s happy
now. ( think ) 7 It was obvious from her outrageous behaviour that ............................................. ( drink ) 8 I ............................................. a latte in the Caf? New York, when I saw a famous actor walk past the window. ( drink )
Written by Bob Wilson ?Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2007
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A 1 When the student revolution came, I had been working there for 6 months. 2 Before Jim finally decided to go to Thailand, he had been thinking about it for months. 3 They had eaten all the chocolate cake by the time Michael got to the party. 4 I had met Scarlett Johansson on three previous occasions. Lucky me! 5 The forensic evidence shows that he had been picking his nose just before he was murdered. 6 When the doctor told him his liver was seriously bad, he had been eating hamburgers for a month. 7 Prior to the explosion, the fat man had eaten seven large chocolate cakes. 8 When they cancelled the flight to Alicante, the storm had been raging all afternoon with no sign of abating. B 1 When I asked Carlos if he wanted to go out, he said he couldn't because he was finishing an assignment. 2 Scarlett came into the room panting. She had been jogging round the park. 3 Scarlett wasn't in. She was jogging around the park. 4 I was having a bath when I suddenly had a great idea. 5 He told me he was seriously thinking about finding another job soon. 6 He had thinking about finding a new job for about a year before he finally got round to it. He?s happy now. 7 It was obvious from her outrageous behaviour that she had been drinking. 8 I was drinking a latte in the Caf? New York, when I saw a famous actor walk past the window.
Written by Bob Wilson ?Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2007
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