Past Perfect Continuous Tense Exercise
- He ….. (feel) tired because he …..(work) since morning.
- The child …..(cry) for ten minutes, but no one ..... (pay) any attention to it.
- He …..(try) to solve the problem for three hours before he ..... (find) the answer.
- We ….. (live) in Delhi before my father ….. (retire).
- Anil …..(join) the post-graduate course in the same college in which he ….. (study) during the previous three years.
- The candidates ….. (speak) for ten minutes when the light (go off).
- The workers ….. (demand) the dismissal of the manager. The factory owners ….. (not pay) any attention to the demand. So the workers ….. (decided) to go on strike.
- The dacoits ….. (raid) the villages in the area of three months. They …..(kill) several person by the time police ….. (get) at them.
- It ….. (rain) heavily for a week and a dam ….. (break). The villages for miles around ….. (be) under water.
- He ….. (waste) his money in gambling and ….. (become) a pauper.
Answers:
- Had been feeling, worked
- Had been crying, payed
- Had been trying, found
- Had been living, retired
- Had been joining, studied
- Had been speaking, went off
- Had been demanding, didn’t pay, decided
- Had been raiding, killed, got
- Had been raining, broke, were
- Had been wasting, became
