Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 19. Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous? Choose 
the best answer. 
Example: Sarah ___A____ a beautiful meal for her guests and they all 
enjoyed it. 
 
A. had prepared 
B. had been preparing
1. I knew my mother _________ the washing because the washing machine 
was still working when I got in.

A. had done 
B. had been doing
2. By 10.30 pm the children _________ their homework and were ready to go 
to bed.

A. had been doing
B. had done
3. My son came home crying because someone _________ his money.

A. had stolen 
B. had been stealing

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4. She saw empty glasses and cups and realized that three people _________ 
in the room.

A. had been 
B. had been being
5. It was midnight. Tom __________ for four hours. No wonder he was getting 
tired.

A. had studied 
B. had been studying
6. Andy’s father bought him a car because he _________ top in the final exam.

A. had been coming
B. had come
7. Clark went to hospital because he __________ his hand while he was try-
ing to mend a broken window.

A. had been cutting
B. had cut
8. Ada’s mother told her off when she came home late because she _________ 
about her all evening.

A. had worried
B. had been worrying
9. I was very pleased when my daughter found my watch because
I __________ for it for hours.

A. had been looking
B. had looked
10. 
Henry suddenly realized that the teacher was asking him a question. 
He couldn’t answer because he for the last five minutes.

A. had been daydreaming B. had daydreamed
11. 
Robert wrote to the local newspaper about some rare insects which 
he __________ while he was walking in the woods.

A. had been seeing
B. had seen
12. 
Mark sent postcards to the new friends he _________while he was 
attending a language course.

A. had made 
B. had been making