Complete With A Past Perfect Simple Or A Past Perfect Continuous Form.

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1. 3.- By the time we got there all our friends  . . .  (go).

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The correct answer is "had gone". This is because the sentence is in the past perfect tense, indicating an action that occurred before another past action. In this case, the action of our friends leaving (go) happened before we arrived (got there). Therefore, "had gone" is the appropriate verb form to use in this context.

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This quiz tests the use of Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous forms in English grammar. It assesses understanding through context-based fill-in-the-blank questions, focusing on verb tense... see moreaccuracy essential for proficiency in English. see less

2. 1.- I . . . (eat) two sandwiches for lunch, so my stomach was full.

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The correct answer is "had eaten" because it is the past perfect tense of the verb "eat". This tense is used to indicate that the action of eating the sandwiches occurred before another past action or time reference, which in this case is "my stomach was full".

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3. 2.- How many times . . . (you-read) that book? Was it that good?

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The correct answer is "had you read." This is the correct past perfect tense form of the verb "read" to match the past tense "had" in the question. It is used to ask about the number of times someone had finished reading the book before.

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4. 5.- I  . . . (bake). That's why I was covered with flour.

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The correct answer is "had been baking". This is because the speaker is explaining why they were covered in flour, indicating a past action. The continuous form "had been baking" suggests that the speaker was in the process of baking something before they became covered in flour.

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5. 4.-  . . . (you-drink) when the policeman stopped you?

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The correct answer is "had you been drinking." This is because the question is asking about an action in progress at a specific point in the past. The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that started before a certain point in the past and was still ongoing at that point. In this case, the question is asking about drinking before the policeman stopped you, indicating an action in progress.

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3.- By the time we got there all our friends  . . .  (go).
1.- I . . . (eat) two sandwiches for lunch, so my stomach was full.
2.- How many times . . . (you-read) that book? Was it that good?
5.- I  . . . (bake). That's why I was covered with flour.
4.-  . . . (you-drink) when the policeman stopped you?
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