3V Grammar Past Tenses (start Past Perfect Continuous)

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Past Perfect Continuous
The PPC  is a verb tense that shows that an action that started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. 





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When do you use it?
  • You use the past perfect to indicate that something had happened
  • That this thing happened before some other happening
  • That it lasted a while, or over and over again.

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Past perfect continuous
You make the past perfect continuous like this:

had + been + verb + -ing
For example: we had been walking/ he had been speaking/I had been running





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Signal Words
When, for, since, and before 

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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of past perfect continuous tense.
Ram __________for two hours when I arrived.

A
had waited
B
had been waiting
C
has waited
D
Is waiting

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"Ram had been waiting for two hours when I arrived"
What is the signal word in this sentence?

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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of past perfect continuous tense
We_______________there for a long time .(live)
A
lives
B
are living
C
had been living
D
is living

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"We had been living there for a long time"
What is the signal word in this sentence?

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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of past perfect continuous tense
We ..... her since she met him that he was up to no good! (to tell)
A
We were telling
B
We had told
C
We had been telling
D
We have been telling

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"We had been telling her since she met him that he was up to no good!"
What is the signal word in this sentence?

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Which one is the past perfect continuous?
A
Have you had your dinner yet?
B
He had forgotten about the meeting.
C
We had been trying to open the door for hours.
D
She has been singing for hours!

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Which one is the past perfect continuous?
A
I like to walk around the shops.
B
Given the choice between chaos and order, I choose chaos.
C
Haven't you driven to work yet?
D
I had been walking for hours when my mother finally picked me up.

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"I had been walking for hours when my mother finally picked me up."
What is the signal word in this sentence?

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Her face was red and she had a tissue in her hand, so I knew she ............ (cry).

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When she finally got to see the doctor she ................... (wait) for over an hour.

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"When I arrived at the party, Sarah had been studying for hours."
Which tense has been used here, and why?

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The sentence indicates an action (Sarah studying) that was ongoing in the past, specifically before another past action (I arrived at the party).

 The past perfect continuous tense is used to express the duration of an action that was happening before a certain point in the past.
When I arrived at the party, Sarah (study) for hours.

A
has been studying
B
had been studying
C
was studying
D
studied

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Tense: Past Perfect Continuous
Explanation: The sentence indicates an action (Sarah studying) that was ongoing in the past, specifically before another past action (I arrived at the party). The past perfect continuous tense is used to express the duration of an action that was happening before a certain point in the past.
"When I arrived at the party, Sarah had been studying for hours."
Which tense has been used here, and why?

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The sentence indicates an action (Sarah studying) that was ongoing in the past, specifically before another past action (I arrived at the party).

 The past perfect continuous tense is used to express the duration of an action that was happening before a certain point in the past.
Which tense is this?

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Which tense do you see ?
A
Past simple
B
Past perfect
C
Past perfect continuous
D
Past Continuous

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Which tense?
A
Past simple
B
Past perfect
C
Past perfect continuous
D
Past Continuous

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Which tense ?
A
Past simple
B
Past perfect
C
Past Perfect Continuous
D
Past Continuous

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Tense?
A
Past simple
B
Past Perfect
C
Past Perfect Continuous
D
Past Continuous

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What is the correct form of the past perfect tense in the sentence?
A
They had already left when we arrived.
B
They already had been leaving when we arrived.
C
They have already left when we arrived.
D
They already left when we arrived.

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Which sentence uses the past perfect tense correctly?
A
He had worked for the company since 2010.
B
He had been worked for the company since 2010.
C
He has been working for the company since 2010.
D
He had been working for the company since 2010.

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Which tense is used to describe an action that was happening at a specific time in the past?
A
Past simple
B
Past continuous
C
Past perfect
D
Past perfect continuous

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Find the sentence in the past continuous tense.
A
She had been reading the book for hours.
B
They were playing football when it started raining.
C
We had already planned our trip before the holiday season.
D
He had cooked dinner before his guests arrived.

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were / was  in the past continuous

Choose the sentence in the past perfect continuous tense.
A
They had finished the race before it started raining.
B
She was dancing at the party all night.
C
I went to the beach yesterday.
D
He had been working on the project for months.

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Which sentence is in the past perfect tense?
A
She had already eaten when I arrived.
B
We had been waiting for the bus for an hour.
C
They were watching TV when the lights went out.
D
I was studying when the phone rang.

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Identify the sentence in the past continuous tense.
A
He had already finished his homework before dinner.
B
They played tennis every Sunday.
C
We were watching a movie at that time.
D
She had been working at the company for 5 years.

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Which sentence is written in the past simple tense?
A
I had been waiting for hours when the bus finally arrived.
B
She cooked dinner last night.
C
He had been studying for the exam all week.
D
They were playing football when it started raining.

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Which tense is used to indicate that one action happened before another action in the past?
A
Past continuous
B
Past perfect
C
Past simple
D
Past perfect continuous

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Which tense is used to describe an action that was completed at a specific time in the past?
A
Past continuous
B
Past perfect continuous
C
Past perfect
D
Past simple

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Which tense is used to show that an action continued for a period of time up to another action or time in the past?
A
Past perfect
B
Past simple
C
Past continuous
D
Past perfect continuous

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Which tense is used to describe an action that was still continuing up to a particular time in the past?
A
Past perfect
B
Past perfect continuous
C
Past simple
D
Past continuous

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