Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive Tense Test-2

The correct answer is Option A: "had been waiting." The past perfect continuous tense is used to express an action that started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. Here, the action of waiting started before the teacher's arrival and continued until she arrived. "Has been waiting" and "have been waiting" are present perfect continuous forms, and "were waiting" is the past continuous form, none of which correctly convey the sequence of events in this context.

Option C: "We have been studying since morning," is not in the past perfect continuous tense; it is in the present perfect continuous tense. The other options (A, B, D) correctly use the past perfect continuous tense, indicating actions that were ongoing in the past until another past event occurred.

Option A, "He had been studying when the power went off," is the correct answer. This sentence correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense, indicating an action (studying) that was ongoing in the past before another past event (power going off). The other options use different tenses: present continuous (Option B), future continuous (Option C), and past continuous (Option D).

The correct answer is Option B: "had been studying." This sentence requires the past perfect continuous tense to express that she had been continuously studying English for three years before a specific point in the past (her moving to London). The other options do not correctly indicate the continuity of the action up to a point in the past.

Option B: "had been practicing" is correct. This sentence requires the past perfect continuous tense to convey that the band had been continuously practicing for months before the concert started. The other options do not appropriately express the continuity of the action up to a past event.

Option A: "She hadn't been sleeping well before the exams started," is the correct answer. It properly forms the negative in the past perfect continuous tense by using "hadn't been" followed by the -ing form of the verb. The other options either use incorrect auxiliary verbs or incorrect tense forms.

The incorrect usage is found in Option D: "She had been eaten dinner when I called." The correct form should be "had been eating" to properly use the past perfect continuous tense. The sentence needs to indicate an ongoing action (eating) that was happening in the past before another past event (the call). The other options correctly use the past perfect continuous tense.

The correct completion is Option C: "Had, been," forming the question "Had you been working on the project before the deadline was announced?" This correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense to ask about an ongoing action in the past before another past event (the announcement of the deadline). The other options use incorrect tense forms for this context.

Option C: "Were you been working there for a year when you got promoted?" is incorrect. The correct form should be "Had you been working..." to use the past perfect continuous tense in a question. This tense is used to ask about an action that was ongoing before another past action. The other options correctly form questions in the past perfect continuous tense.

Option A: "Before the meeting started, they had been preparing the presentation," is the correct answer. It uses the past perfect continuous tense in a complex sentence structure, correctly showing that the preparation was ongoing before the start of the meeting. The other options either misuse the tense or use different tense forms altogether.

Option A: "She had been reading a novel when we called her," is the correct answer. This sentence accurately uses the past perfect continuous tense, showing an action that was ongoing in the past (reading a novel) before being interrupted by another past event (the call). The other options use different tenses: present perfect continuous (Option B), past continuous (Option C), and future continuous (Option D).

Option B: "Had, been listening" is the correct answer, forming the question "Had they been listening to the radio all evening before the power cut?" This structure correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense to inquire about an ongoing past action (listening to the radio) that was happening before another past event (the power cut).

The correct answer is Option B: "had, been watching," completing the sentence as "I had not been watching television for long when she arrived." This correctly uses the negative form of the past perfect continuous tense, indicating that the action of watching TV had not been happening for a long time before her arrival.

The incorrect usage is in Option C: "They have been waiting for the bus when it finally arrived." The correct tense should be "had been waiting" to use the past perfect continuous tense. The sentence needs to express an ongoing action in the past (waiting for the bus) that continued up to another past event (the bus's arrival). The other options correctly use the past perfect continuous tense.

Option C: "We had been driving all night and were exhausted," is in the past perfect continuous tense. It shows an action (driving) that was ongoing in the past before another past event (becoming exhausted). The other options use the present perfect continuous (Option A), past continuous (Option B), and future continuous (Option D).