The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
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<i>The past perfect continuous tense
continuous tense) has a had been doing model for all singular and plural. This temporal form denotes an action that began before a certain moment
in the past, continued up to this point and did not stop in
this very moment (inclusive) or stopped at this moment in
past, and the Result of this action was obvious (exclusive):
<br> We couldn’t go out because it had been raining since early
morning. (And it was still raining.) (Inclusive)
We could not leave the house because it was raining in the morning.
(And it was still raining.)
<br> When I looked out of the window, the ground was wet.
It had been raining the whole night. (But it was not raining
at the moment.) (Exclusive)
When I looked out the window, the sidewalks were wet.
It rained all night. (But there was no rain at that moment.)
<br> The future perfect continued tense (the future perfect
continuous tense), which has the model will have been doing, is practically not used.
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<p><b><h2>Choose the correct form of the verb </h2></b></p>
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1. She told me that she <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> school several years before and since
that time she had been working as a receptionist.
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<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had lef</span>
<span class="testanswer" >left</span>
<span class="testanswer" >has lef</span>
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2. Our neighbour said that her child <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> all afternoon because he
had a running temperature.
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<span class="testanswer" >was crying </span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had been crying</span>
<span class="testanswer" >has been crying</span>
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3. They knew it was ages since Harry <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> them, so they began to
worry.
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<span class="testanswer" >has visited</span>
<span class="testanswer" >visited</span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had visited</span>
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4. I was sure that she <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> for me there, but I couldn’t do anything
because of the traffic jam.
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<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">was waiting</span>
<span class="testanswer" >had been waiting</span>
<span class="testanswer" >has been waiting</span>
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5. When the police arrived, the robbers already <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> leaving a lot
of evidence.
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<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had … escaped</span>
<span class="testanswer" >have … escaped</span>
<span class="testanswer" >escaped</span>
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6. She said her brother <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> languages at the University for three
years.
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<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had been learning</span>
<span class="testanswer" >was learning</span>
<span class="testanswer" >has been learning</span>
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7. The newspaper reported that nobody <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> in the explosion.
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<span class="testanswer" >is injured</span>
<span class="testanswer" >was injured</span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had been injured</span>
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8. She said she <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> a new flat in the centre of the city for quite a
reasonable price.
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<span class="testanswer" >rented</span>
<span class="testanswer" >has rented</span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had rented</span>
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9. When I looked изthe window, I saw that the ground was
wet. It <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> the whole night.
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<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had been raining</span>
<span class="testanswer" >was raining</span>
<span class="testanswer" >has been raining</span>
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10. He asked me how long Bob and Alice <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> .
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<span class="testanswer" >are married</span>
<span class="testanswer" >were married</span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had been married</span>
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