Past perfect simple vs Past perfect continous

By the time our guests arrived, we____ the living room.

• had tidied

• had been tidying

My neighbours _____ quite loudly all night and I was unable to sleep.

• had played

• had been playing

WHAT IS THIS SENTENCE EXPRESSING? "By the age of sixteen, he had learnt to speak three foreign languages"

• It's an event that happened before a particular time in the past

• It's an event that was in progress in a particular time in the past

Past perfect continuous emphasises the..... of an action in the past.

• result

• duration

It was such a shame. She ____(decorate)the tree for about an hour before it fell over.

I was very tired. I___ (drive) all the way there without stopping.

How long______ (sit) there before I woke up?

• had you sit

• had you been sitting

Emma _____ money for long before she bought a second-hand car.

• hadn't saved

• hadn't been saving

It _____ (rain) all the night but I wasn't worried because I ____ (not leave) any window open.

put a / between each answer!!

How long ___ for an apartment before you came across this place?

• had you been looking

• had looked