Past Perfect Continuous Tense Question Form Exercises - Test 1

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1. 1 Had he been dreaming, he wondered a moment later, or had that strange smile indeed curved her lips, that marvellous light indeed flowed from her eyes? (he/dream)
2. 2 And how had he been thinking about her? (how/he/think)
3. 3 Where had she been going to that night? (where/she/go)
4. 4 Had not they all been breakingHad not they all breakingHadn't they all breakingThey all had not been breakingThey all hadn't been breaking their loving, anxious hearts about Bonny Laddie, and lo! (they all/not/break)
5. 5 Had he towards what abyss been travelingHad towards what abyss he been travelingTowards what abyssTowards what abyss had he been travelTowards what abyss had he been traveling ever since? (towards what abyss/he/travel)

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6. 6 Then had why she been thinkingwhy had she beenwhy had she been thinkingwhy had she thinkingwhy she had been thinking about it again? (why/she/think)
7. 7 Had he beenHad he been thinkingHad he thinkingHe had been thinking that Philip had tortured him? (he/think)
8. 8 Had he been lookingHad he been looking tooHad he been too lookingHad he too been lookingHad too he been looking for the explanation-the explanation that Henry feared? (he/too/look)
9. 9 Had what she been plotingWhat had she been plotingWhat had she been plottingWhat had she plotingWhat had she plotting that made her look so scared at his appearance? (what/she/plot)
10. 10 Had they beenHad they been lectureHad they been lecturingHad they lecturingThey had been lecturing her into these conjugal proprieties? (they/lecture)
11. 11 I had been walkingHad I beenHad I been walking in my sleep? (I/walk)
12. 12 Had the foreman of the bar been listeningHad the foreman of the bar t been listeningHad the foreman of the bear t been listeningHad the forman of the bar t been listeningThe foreman of the bar t had been listening and heard all? (the foreman of the Bar T/listen)
13. 13 Had he been livingHad he living in a dream? (he/live)
14. 14 How had he been carry longingHow long had he been carringHow long had he been carryingHow long had he carryingHow long he had been carrying it about with him? (how long/he/carry)
15. 15 Had been readingHad she been readingHad she reading Shirley, and would she have liked him to play Louis Moore? (she/read)

16. 16 Had she a father and mother who loved her, and perhaps brothers and sisters-and had how long she been sleepinghad she been sleepinghow long had she been sleepinghow long had she sleepinghow long she been sleeping so quietly in the arms of the great rock? (how long/she/sleep)
17. 17 Had he been dreamingHad he dreaming all the afternoon? (he/dream)
18. 18 Had he been talingHad he been talking too much with Miss Ardle or the coy Miss Penny? (he/talk)
19. 19 Had they been not talkingHad they not been talkingThey had not been talking about the monk and his gesture of warning? (they/not/talk)
20. 20 Had they been cutHad they been cutingHad they been cutting meridians the wrong way? (they/cut)