Past Perfect Continuous Tense Exercise 1

1. He ….. (feel) tired because he …..(work) since morning.
2. The child …..(cry) for ten minutes, but no one ..... (pay) any attention to it.
3. He …..(try) to solve the problem for three hours before he ..... (find) the answer.
4.  We ….. (live) in Delhi before my father ….. (retire).
5. Anil …..(join) the post-graduate course in the same college in which he ….. (study) during the previous three years.
6. The candidates ….. (speak) for ten minutes when the light (go off).
7. The workers ….. (demand) the dismissal of the manager. The factory owners ….. (not pay) any attention to the demand. So the workers ….. (decided) to go on strike.
8. The dacoits ….. (raid) the villages in the area of three months. They …..(kill) several person by the time police ….. (get) at them.
9. It ….. (rain) heavily for a week and a dam ….. (break). The villages for miles around ….. (be) under water.
10. He ….. (waste) his money in gambling and ….. (become) a pauper.
    

Answers:

1. Had been feeling, worked
2. Had been crying, payed
3. Had been trying, found
4. Had been living, retired
5. Had been joining, studied
6. Had been speaking, went off
7. Had been demanding, didn’t pay, decided
8. Had been raiding, killed, got
9. Had been raining, broke, were
10. Had been wasting, became