Past Perfect Simple & Past Perfect Continuous

Past perfect continuous

100

Is the following sentence written in the Past perfect simple?

I have been waiting for you for two hours!

No! 

This sentence was written in the "Present Perfect Progressive".

200

complete the next sentences

When you got sick, _______ enough? (you/eat) 

______ when you left the restaurant? (it/rain)

had you been eating

had it been raining

300

Fill in the blanks (Past Perfect Continuous)

Dylan ______ chess for several years before he _______ his first tournament (study/enter)

Dylan had been studying chess for several years before he entered his first tournament.

400

Is the following description about the Past Perfect Continuous correct?

The past perfect continuous is used to describe an action that started in the past and was still in progress when a second action started. 

Yes!

The past perfect progressive (continuous) is used to describe an action that started in the past and was still in progress when a second action started. 

 Both actions began and ended in the past.

500

Fill in the blank (Past Perfect Continuous)

______ you _______ a long time when you ______? (jog / faint)

Our forces _______ in that area until two weeks before then. (not fight)

1. Had you been jogging a long time when you fainted?
2. Our forces hadn’t been fighting in that area until two weeks before then. 

Past Perfect Continuous

100

Is this sentence written in the 'Past Perfect Continuous'?

The sun was shining and the birds were singing. 

Nope.

This sentence was written in the Past Continous. 

200

How long ______(she/live) in London when she found that job?

Why ________ (you/study) so hard?

had she been living

had you been studing

300

Fill in the blank (Past Perfect Continuous)

Mario _______ well before the exam. (not feel)

Mario hadn't been feeling well before the exam.

400

Is the following statement about the Past Perfect Continuous true?

The past perfect continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and is still going on at the time of speaking. 

Nope, this statement is about the Past Continuous, not the Past Perfect Continuous.

"The past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and is still going on at the time of speaking. "

500

Is the following statement correct? If the sentence is correct you don't have to do anything. If it isn't you have to correct the statement in order to receive the points. 

In the Past Perfect Simple, you add -ing to most verbs. Ex. play > playing, cry > crying, bark > barking

Nope, but you do use it in the Past Perfect Continuous.