Editing Skills: Revising Past Perfect Continuous Usage Quiz

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1. Which sentence best completes the idea? She was late because she ___ for the bus.

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The waiting happened before another past event.

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Editing Skills: Revising Past Perfect Continuous Usage Quiz - Quiz

Sometimes a simple past tense should be a past perfect continuous! In this revising past perfect continuous quiz, you'll practice reviewing sentences for tense accuracy and flow. You'll strengthen your editing skills by correctly revising sentences to use the past perfect continuous for clarity and precision.

2. Which sentence is incorrect?

Explanation

Finished cannot follow had been.

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3. Which revision is correct? Original: I had been write essays all night.

Explanation

Correct verb-ing form is needed.

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4. Which sentence uses the tense most effectively?

Explanation

The tense explains the cause of tiredness.

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5. Which sentence shows incorrect use of since?

Explanation

Since must be followed by a specific time, not a length.

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6. Which sentence correctly combines two past actions?

Explanation

One action was ongoing before the interruption.

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7. Which time phrase best fits the sentence? They had been arguing ___ the teacher arrived.

Explanation

Before signals sequence in the past.

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8. Which sentence contains a tense error?

Explanation

Drove should be driving.

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9. Which sentence best shows duration?

Explanation

The phrase emphasizes length of time.

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10. Which revision improves clarity? Original: She was tired. She studied all night.

Explanation

The tense clearly links cause and effect.

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11. Which verb does NOT usually work in continuous form?

Explanation

Know is a stative verb and rarely used in continuous form.

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12. Which sentence is grammatically correct?

Explanation

Correct verb choice and tense are used.

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13. Which sentence shows correct word order?

Explanation

Correct auxiliary verb order.

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14. Why is the past perfect continuous tense sometimes preferred over past perfect?

Explanation

Duration is the key difference.

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15. Mastering the past perfect continuous tense helps writers

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It improves clarity in past timelines.

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Which sentence best completes the idea? She was late because she ___...
Which sentence is incorrect?
Which revision is correct? Original: I had been write essays all...
Which sentence uses the tense most effectively?
Which sentence shows incorrect use of since?
Which sentence correctly combines two past actions?
Which time phrase best fits the sentence? They had been arguing ___...
Which sentence contains a tense error?
Which sentence best shows duration?
Which revision improves clarity? Original: She was tired. She studied...
Which verb does NOT usually work in continuous form?
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
Which sentence shows correct word order?
Why is the past perfect continuous tense sometimes preferred over past...
Mastering the past perfect continuous tense helps writers
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