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The students _____ the past perfect continuous _______.
 
wished / had never been invented
 
had been wishing/ wasn't invented
 
had wished/ wasn't invented
 
had been wished/ hadn't been invented
I knew Susan ______ to me just by looking at her face.
 
hadn't been listening
 
didn't listen
 
hadn't just listened
 
couldn't listen
At 3pm yesterday, we ________ on the beach.
 
were lying
 
had been lying
 
lied
 
had lain
How long _______ before she ran the marathon?
 
had she been training
 
she had been training
 
she was training
 
she had been trained
My husband and I _________ together for two years before we _____ our first house.
 
had already been living/ bought
 
lived/ had bought
 
had been living/ were bought
 
used to live/ had bought
While I _______ to work, John _______ me constantly.
 
was trying/ was disturbing
 
tried/ had been disturbed
 
had tried/ had disturbed
 
was trying/ had disturbed
Before he _____ his back, Jack ________ to compete in the Olympics.
 
hurt/ had been hoping
 
had been hurting/ hoped
 
had been hurt/ was hoping
 
hurted/ hoped
When I was about nine years old, I _________ to the cinema every Saturday afternoon.
 
used to go
 
had been going
 
was going
 
had gone
Is it correct? The man who was driving the taxi was looking slightly familiar.
looked
I _______ when the giant spider _______ on my head.
 
was sleeping/ fell
 
had been sleeping/ had felt
 
had slept/ was falling
 
had been slept/ fell
Ava and I _____ hungry because we ________ dinner.
 
weren't/ had just had
 
hadn't been/ had just been having
 
weren't feeling/ had
 
hadn't been being/ had just had
Maria _________ go to the cinema because she _________ the movie.
 
didn't want to/ had already seen
 
hadn't wanted to/ already saw
 
had been wanting to/ hadn't yet seen
 
wanted/ hadn't already been seen
Susan ____ really angry because she _______ her tea.
 
was/ hadn't drunk
 
was being/ hadn't drunk
 
had been/ hadn't been drinking
 
wasn't/ hadn't not drunk
By the time we _____ at the bar, it _________
 
arrived/ had already closed
 
had arrived/ had already been closed
 
were arriving/ was already closing
 
had been arriving/ was already closed
We ____ to go to Peru because we _______ there before.
 
wanted/ had never been
 
were wanting/ hadn't already gone
 
had been wanting/ hadn't been gone
 
had been wanted/ hadn't been
When I _____ the curtains this morning, I saw it _______ all night.
 
opened/ had been snowing
 
was opening/ had snowed
 
had opened/ was snowing
 
opened/ snowed
Frank realised he ____ a terrible mistake as soon as he ____ the email.
 
had made/ sent
 
was making/ had sent
 
had been making/ was sending
 
had been made/ sent
I told Jim not to drive because he _________ all night.
 
had been drinking
 
was drunk
 
had drunk
 
had been drunk