Ans 1. had been wanting
Ans 2. had been picking
Ans 3. had been trying
Ans 4. had been painting
Ans 5. had not been waiting
Ans 6. had been writing
Ans 7. had been storing; had been wasting
Ans 8. had been fighting
Ans 9. had been raining
Ans 10. Had he been writing
Ans 1. She had been working hard on this project for weeks.
Ans 2. The baby had been crying for two hours.
Ans 3. Had the ants been collecting food for the winter?
Ans 4. The company had not been filing its tax returns regularly.
Ans 5. Had the firemen not been trying to put out fire?
Ans 6. We had been playing for about an hour when it started to rain heavily.
Ans 7. I had been looking for this calculator all day.
Ans 8. I am feeling sleepy because I had been studying all night.
Ans 1. The officials had been blaming each other for the rail accident.
Ans 2. Remo had been playing the guitar since his childhood.
Ans 3. Rubina and Rachel had been living together for a year.
Ans 4. The General had been leaking secret information to the enemy.
Ans 5. Had the company been misleading its customers?
Ans 6. The class had been misbehaving for the past three periods.
Ans 7. I am extremely tired because I had been working hard all day.
Ans 8. We had been living in Chennai before we moved to New Jersey.
1. What is the past perfect continuous tense and how is it formed? | ![]() |
2. When should we use the past perfect continuous tense in sentences? | ![]() |
3. Can you provide examples of sentences using the past perfect continuous tense? | ![]() |
4. What are the common mistakes to avoid when using the past perfect continuous tense? | ![]() |
5. How does the past perfect continuous tense differ from the past perfect tense? | ![]() |