Past Perfect Continuous Tense


 
 
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Past Perfect Continuos Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense:

Past Perfect Continuous Tense expresses an action that began before a specific time in the past and continued till that time.

Examples:

  • When Sam joined the company last year, his friend had already been working there for three years.
  • He was a great player. Overall he had written sixteen plays and in fact he had been writing since he was 24.
  • Past Perfect Continuous Tense : - The past perfect continuous is used -

    (A)  To denote that an action that began before  particular moment in the past and was still taking place, or had just finished, at that moment when another action took place. For example,

  • When I visited Gwalior, he had been teaching there for a year.
  • I had been driving for an hour when I heard a sound in the gear box.
  • (B)  To talk about repeated actions in the past. For example,

  • She had been trying to fix this all day.
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    Question : 1

    Fill in the blank part with correct tense .

    1. He _____________  milk out the carton when Mom walked into the kitchen.

    2. I ___________  at the company for five years when I got the promotion.

    3. The program that was terminated ___________  well since 1945.

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 2

    Fill in the blank part with correct tense .

    1. Do you know for how long Anitha ____________  at the college before she moved to Pollachi?

    2. Asha was completely exhausted as she _________  continuously for three days.

    3. My cousins _____________  that we called the police when we found the burglars.

    Right Option : C
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    Question : 3

    Fill in the blank part with correct tense .

    1. You ______________  your mom’s favourite dish when she walked into the kitchen.

    2. Derrick ____________  at the hospital for over two years before he left for Spain.

    Right Option : B
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