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Past perfect continuous - exercise 1 + Key 1
The plane landed at the airport. What had passengers been doing before it landed?
- Mr. Clark ___. (read a newspaper) - Mr. Clark had been reading a newspaper.
Past perfect continuous - exercise 2 + Key 2
Respond to situations.
- Why were you so red? - Because I ___ before we met. (jog)
Past perfect continuous - exercise 3 + Key 3
Complete the lines with one of the options:
- I had been using that phone for a year ___ . (when I bought it | when it stopped working)
Questions:
Past perfect continuous - exercise 4 + Key 4
Use words in brackets to make questions:
- How long ___ before you crashed? (you - drive)
All forms:
Past perfect continuous - exercise 5 + Key 5
Complete short conversations with affirmative, negative and question forms.
More PDF worksheets:
Past perfect simple vs continuous exercises PDF Practise the difference.
Past perfect passive PDF It had been finished. They had been sent.
Online exercises:
Past perfect tense Learn the difference between the simple and continuous.
PDF grammar rules:
English tenses PDF grammar rules with examples on all English tenses.