Question

Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous 1) Yesterday Tim wanted to lie down as he ... (stand) at work for six hours. 2) The storm stopped but there were a lot of puddles because it ... (rain) all day long. 3) Sara and Tom ... (chat) with WhatsApp for two hours when the connection broke. 4) Yesterday evening grandma ... (decorate) the New Year tree before the children arrived. 5) Bob ... (eat) all cakes by lunchtime. 6) My mother ... (do) the laundry since early morning last Sunday. 7) His grandparents ... (grow) plums in their greenhouse since they bought the house. 8) She ... (loose) much weight by the end of summer. 9) Kate understood the problems of her company because she ... (work) for it since 2011. 10) By the time the sun went down our family ...(pass) more than 500 km over the Atlantic Ocean. 11) My brother … (practise) for three months before that concert last spring. 12) When Jane returned we … (watch) that TV show for a quarter of an hour already.

Answer 1

1. Had been standing
2. Had been raining
3. Had been chatting
4. Had decorated
5. Had eaten
6. Had been doing
7. Had been growing
8. Had lost
9. Had been working
10. Had passed
11. Had been practicing
12. Had been watching

Answer 2

Here are the sentences with the appropriate forms of Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous:

1. Yesterday Tim wanted to lie down as he had been standing at work for six hours.

2. The storm stopped but there were a lot of puddles because it had been raining all day long.

3. Sara and Tom had been chatting with WhatsApp for two hours when the connection broke.

4. Yesterday evening grandma had decorated the New Year tree before the children arrived.

5. Bob had eaten all the cakes by lunchtime.

6. My mother had been doing the laundry since early morning last Sunday.

7. His grandparents had been growing plums in their greenhouse since they bought the house.

8. She had lost much weight by the end of summer.

9. Kate understood the problems of her company because she had been working for it since 2011.

10. By the time the sun went down, our family had passed more than 500 km over the Atlantic Ocean.

11. My brother had been practicing for three months before that concert last spring.

12. When Jane returned, we had been watching that TV show for a quarter of an hour already.