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Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
100
I ____ my parents yesterday
visited
100
I _____ ______ on the phone when you arrived
was talking
100
She ______ __________ me all of this, but then I saw it for myself.
had told
100
I ____ ____ ________ when the earthquake hit.
had been working
200
He ______ the movie 3 times last week!
saw
200
He _______ __________ sad, so I took him to the cinema
was looking
200
I ____ ________ the emails before 6pm so I could leave
had written
200
He ____ ____ __________ on clothes for hours when the shop assistant kicked us out
had been trying
300
We ______ games every Christmas when I was a child
played
300
We ____ ________ on that project all last week
were working
300
I ___ ______ sushi before it became popular.
had tried
300
We ____ ____ ________ cakes all afternoon to be ready for the party
had been baking
400
I ______ all of my money on chocolate!
spent
400
They _____ ________ at new cars yesterday afternoon.
were looking
400
We _____ _________ reviewing the details but then we had to go before we finished
had begun
400
We ____ ____ _________ for hours when we realised we forgot our camera in the taxi
had been travelling
500
I ________ a manager 3 years ago
became
500
I _____ _____________ a nap at 4 yesterday
was having
500
They _____ __________ the meal before they went to the movies
had finished
500
They _____ _____ _________ for 12 hours when she woke them up
had been sleeping