Past Perfect Continuous Tense | AHSEC 2nd Year Tense Practice – Based on Previous Question Papers

Tips for Using the Past Perfect Continuous Tense:

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✔ Two Past Actions (Earlier + Later) + Time reference→ Past Perfect Continuous + Simple Past [Example: She had been working at the company for five years before she resigned. /They had been arguing since morning before they reached an agreement.]

1. She (study) for three hours before her friend arrived.

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She had been studying for three hours before her friend arrived.

2. They (play) football for two hours before it started raining.

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They had been playing football for two hours before it started raining.

3. I (work ) on the project for a week before I submitted it.

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I had been working on the project for a week before I submitted it.