Past Perfect Continuous Tense Exercises - Test 1

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Completion count: 6,168

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• 1. We hadn't been flying long in 1904 before we found that the problem of equilibrium had not as yet been entirely solved. (not/fly)
• 2. With what incredible recklessness had he been acting all these months! (with what incredible recklessness/he/act/?)
• 3. That was the information I had been hoping for. (hope)
• 4. What had been he thinkingWhat had been thinkingWhat had he been thinkingWhat had he thinkingWhat he had been thinking about all day? (what/he/think/?)
• 5. I i had been travellinghad been travelinghad traveledhave been travelinghave been travelling for two days. (travel)

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• 6. They felthad been fallenhad been fallinghad fallenhave been falling since the beginning of time. (fall)
• 7. A cow calledhad been calledhad been callinghad calledhas been calling to him. (call)
• 8. He had been talkinghad not talkinghadn't been talkinghadn't talkinghas not been talking loud but he lowered his voice still more. (not/talk)
• 9. I had been writingI had been writtingHad I been writingHad I been writtingHad I writing there five hours? (I/write/?)
• 10. It was what he had been driveinghad been drivenhad been drivinghad drivenhad driving at. (drive)
• 11. Obviously she had been listeninghad been listinghad listenedhas been listening to the conversation. (listen)
• 12. It was what she had been exceptinghad been expectedhad been expectinghad been experctinghad expected. (expect)
• 13. They had beenhad been passhad been passedhad been passinghas been passing thus for weeks. (pass)
• 14. That was what I had been waitinghad been waittinghad been watingihad been waiting for. (wait)
• 15. They had been goinghad not goinghadn't been goinghadn't been gonehadn't going very fast when he fell off. (not/go)

• 16. I asked him if he had been dreaminghad not dreaminghadn't been dreaminghadn't dreaming. (not/dream)
• 17. How had she been standingHow long had been she standingHow long had she been standingHow long had she standingHow long she had been standing there? (how long/she/stand/?)
• 18. He had been thinkinghad not thinkinghadn't been thinkinghadn't thinking for nothing. (not/think)
• 19. The conversation had been go onhad been goinghad been going onhad not been going onhadn't been going on about the departure for the last hour. (go on)
• 20. She had been speakinghad been speking simply of his disease. (speak)

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