Past Perfect vs Past Perfect Continuous

This test helps students to check if they understand and can use the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Continuous correctly.

Задание 1

Choose the correct item. When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul ____________ home.

Задание 2

Choose the correct item. I went to Madrid a few years ago and stayed with a friend of mine. She ____________ there very long, but she knew the city very well.

Задание 3

Choose the correct item. My hands were dirty because I ____________ my bike.

Задание 4

Choose the correct item. We ____________ tennis for about half an hour when it started to rain heavily.

Задание 5

Choose the correct item. His hands were covered in oil because he ____________ to fix the car all morning.

Задание 6

Choose the correct item. We were good friends. We ____________ each other for years.

Задание 7

Choose the correct item. She was tired because she ____________ hard.

Задание 8

Choose the correct item. Scott reached the South Pole in 1912 but Amundsen ____________ him by a month.

Задание 9

Choose the correct item. At last the bus came. I ____________ for 20 minutes.

Задание 10

Choose the correct item. The roads were wet because it ____________ all night.