Tenses | Past Perfect Continuous | Applied English Grammar

    PAST PERFECT CONTINIOUS TENSE

      FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CORRECT FORMS OF VERBS:-

1. He …………………(sleep) for two hours when the thieves broke into his house.
2. She ………………..(prepare) tea for five minutes when the guests came.
3. He …………………(prepare) for the exam for the last four months when he received your letter.
4. We ………………..(listen) to his talk for fifteen minutes before he stopped speaking.
5. Ravi ………………(stay) with me since morning when I reached home.
6. Ravi ……………..(stay) with me for two years before he left for America.
7. The doctor …………………(treat) the patient for two months before he died.
8. The workers ……………….(raise) slogans for two hours when the police arrived.
9. He ……………………(live) with his grand mother in a village before he shifted to the city.
10. The farmers …………………(plough) their fields for three hours before it began to rain.
11. Mother ……………… (wash) clothes for two hours when the children came back from school.
12.  He …………………(wrote) letters since morning before he left for his
13. office.
14. He …………………(read) this book since four o’ clock.
15. She ………………(make) tea for half an hour.
16. It ………………..(not drizzle) since noon.
17. You …………………(go) there for two days.
18. He ……………………(not teach) in this school for two years.
19. We …………………(live) in this city since 1985.
20. They ……………….(deal) in sugar for many years.
21. He ……………….(live) in this house for two years.
22. You …………………(not help) him for two months.
23. The child ……………….(weep) since morning.
24. What ……………you …………..(do) for two months ?
25. They ……………..(live) in this house for eight years.
26. He ………………(study) in this school since 1994.
27. She ……………..(not sleep) for two hours.
28. We ………………(learn) English for three months.
29. What …………..You ………….(do) since morning ?
30. The weaver ……………(weave) cloth since 1980.
31. Why ……………he ………….. (sleep) for five hours ?
32. He ………………..(not beat)n him for ten minutes.
33. ……………..she ……………...(read) a book since Monday ?
34. Whose telephone ……………he ……………(use) for a month ?
35. It …………………(rain) since five o’ clock.
36. She …………………(not boil) rice for half an hour.
37. She ……………….(wash) clothes since morning.
38. He …………………(waste) his time for one week.
39. His father ………………(teach) in our school since 1985.
40. Meera ……………..(go) to temple since Friday.
41. They ………………….(play) cricket for two hours.