Past Perfect Simple & Past Perfect Continuous

We use Past Perfect Tense for an action or situation that finished before another action, situation or time in the past.

• True

• False

"Subject + had + past participle" form is used for

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Perfect Continuous

We use the Past Perfect Continuous for actions ...

• that finished before another action, situation or time in the past.

• that started in the past and were still in progress when another action occurred in the past.

"Subject + had + been + verb (ing)" is the form of

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Perfect Continuous

I had lost something, but I don't remember what it was.

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Continuous Simple

I had lost something, but I don't know what it was.

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Continuous

They had been walking in the desert for days, so they were exhausted.

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Continuous

By the time the bell ... (ring), I ........ (finish) the test.

• rings/was finishing

• rang/was finished

• rang/had finished

• had rung/had finished

When he was driving to work, he realized that he .......... (forget) to take his pendrive with him.

• forgot

• has forgotten

• had forgotten

• forgets

The house was perfect for him - it was exactly what he .... (look) for.

• had been looking

• is looking

• looks

• have been looking