Past Perfect Simple - Past Perfect Continuous Test A2 - B1 Grammar Exercises

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Question 1

1. Bill and Jane were very tired because they ...... on stage for hours.

A	have danced
B	were dancing
C	dance
D	had been dancing

Question 2

2. George ...... about the song until he ...... it on the TV show last night.

A	doesn't know/ will hear
B	hasn't know/ hears
C	hadn't known / heard
D	didn't know/ has heard

Question 3

3. I couldn't send you a postcard from Portugal last month because I .........your address before I ...... there for holiday.

A	will lose / have gone
B	have lost/ go
C	was losing / had gone
D	had lost / went

Question 4

4.After we ............my grandparents, we.........by the burger restaurant to eat lunch.

A	had visited / stopped
B	visit / have stopped
C	have visited / are stopping
D	were visiting / had stopped

Question 5

S. Mrs. Henderson ..... the report for the boss before he ..... at work in the morning.

A	is preparing / will arrive
B	had prepared / arrived
C	prepares / has arrived
D	prepared / was arriving

Question 6

6. When Haluk ...... the door, he was surprised to see her friend Havva, who he ...... for years.

A	had opened / isn't seeing
B	open's / didn't see
C	opened /hadn't seen
D	was opening / wasn't seeing

Question 7

7.It was too late for me to persuade Matt to return because he..........on the bus whwn I.......him mobile phone.

A	had got / called
B	was gerring / had called
C	will get / call
D	has got / am calling

Question 8

8 : Where ...... Funda ...... when she went to Barcelona? B: She ...... a room at a hotel by the beach two months in advance, so she stayed there.

A	had ... stayed I was booking
B	did ... stay/ had booked
C	has ... stayed / booked
D	was .. . staying / has booked

Question 9

9. Mr. Lewis was really angry because he ...... at the hospital for over 2 hours.

A	waits
B	has been waiting
C	had been waiting
D	was waiting

Question 10

1O. They ...... to find an answer to the problem for 3 hours when they ...... its solution.

A	have tried / find
B	had been trying / found
C	were trying / had found
D	tried/ find

Question 11

11. My father ..... the broken window by the time my mother ..... home from work.

A	had fixed/ returned
B	has fixed / returns
C	was fixing / has returned
D	fixed/ was returning

Question 12

12. Hayati ...... for the remote control for 3 days when he ...... it under the sofa.

A	is looking/ finds
B	looked/ was finding
C	had been looking/ found
D	had been looking/ found

Question 13

13. The tickets of the concert ...... out by the time I got to the venue, but thankfuly my friend Lee ...... the tickets online.

A	had already sold/ had bought
B	has already sold/ is buying
C	will already sell / has bought
D	already sold/ was buying

Question 14

14.The traffic was terrible yesterday, and before I......home from work, the footboll match..........

A	get / has finished
B	was getting / had been finishing
C	got / had finished
D	had got / was finishing

Question 15

15. By the time I ...... the attic, Mrs. Shannon ...... all the other rooms in the house.

A	had cleaned/ cleaned
B	have been cleaning/ cleans
C	clean/ was cleaning
D	cleaned/ had cleaned

Question 16

16. When my wife ..... to the car park to take her car, she discovered that someone ..... the car window.

A	goes/ has been breaking
B	went/ had broken
C	is going/ will break
D	had gone/ has broken

Question 17

17. İpek.........her friend Mustafa move his house for a new days when she........sick.

A	has helped / will get
B	helps / has been getting
C	helped / gets
D	had been helping / got

Question 18

18.The policeman..........traffic when the lorry.........into the taxi.

A	directs / is crashing
B	was directing/ crashed
C	had directed/ crashes
D	has been directing/ is crashing

Question 19

19. When I ..... to the shoe shop, the shopkeeper ...... fora tea break, so I had to wait for a while.

A	had been going/ went
B	will go / goes
C	went / had gone
D	have gone / is going

Question 20

20. Mike ...... over the offer for almost a week until he ...... a final decision.

A	had been thinking/ was reaching
B	has been thinking/ will reach
C	is thinking/ reaches
D	hadthought/reached

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2 thoughts on “Past Perfect Simple – Past Perfect Continuous Test A2 – B1 Grammar Exercises”

ZOIA
August 19, 2018 at 8:38 am | Reply
Question 13. There should be used Passive voice in the first part, shouldn’t it?
- ETO
  August 19, 2018 at 11:44 am | Reply
  In such a meaning “sell out” can be used in active voice. Please, check the definition taken from Longman Dictionary:
  sell out (phrasal verb)
  2 if products, tickets for an event etc sell out, they are all sold and there are none left
  – Wow! Those cakes sold out fast.
  be/have sold out
  – Tonight’s performance is completely sold out.
  https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/sell-out

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