Session 7
Challenge your English with this quiz on past perfect tenses: simple or continuous?
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Past perfect tenses: Simple or continuous?
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Past perfect tenses: simple or continuous quiz
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The past perfect simple is used to talk about an past action that happened before another past action. We form it with 'had + past participle'.Question 1 of 8
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The fans were angry because the band ______ the concert five minutes before it was due to start.
awould have cancelledU29ycnkuIFRoaXMgYW5zd2VyIGlzIHBvc3NpYmxlLCBidXQgaXQncyBhIGh5cG90aGV0aWNhbCAtIG5vdCBhIHBhc3QgcGVyZmVjdC4=
bcancellingU29ycnkuIFRoYXQncyBub3QgZ3JhbW1hdGljYWxseSBjb3JyZWN0
chad cancelledV2VsbCBkb25lISBUaGlzIGlzIHRoZSBwYXN0IHBlcmZlY3Qgc2ltcGxl
dhad been cancellingU29ycnkuIFRoYXQgZG9lc24ndCBtYWtlIHNlbnNlLiBUaGUgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IGNvbnRpbnVvdXMgaGVyZSBtZWFucyB0aGF0IHRoZXkgd2VyZSByZXBlYXRlZGx5IGNhbmNlbGxpbmcgdGhlIGNvbmNlcnQuIFlvdSBjb3VsZCBvbmx5IGNhbmNlbCBpdCBvbmNlIQ==
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Is 'advice' countable or uncountable?Question 2 of 8
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By the time Chen finished his apprenticeship, he ______ in Bangkok for two years.
ahad been beingU29ycnkhIFRoYXQncyBub3QgcmlnaHQhIFdlIGRvbid0IG5lZWQgaGUgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IGNvbnRpbnVvdXMgdGVuc2UgaGVyZQ==
bhad beenV2VsbCBkb25lISBUaGlzIGlzIHRoZSBwYXN0IHBlcmZlY3Qgc2ltcGxlIGZvciBhIGR1cmF0aW9uIHRoYXQgY29tcGxldGVkIGJlZm9yZSBhbm90aGVyIGFjdGlvbi4=
cwasU29ycnkhIFdoaWxlIHdlIGNvdWxkIHByb2JhYmx5IHNheSB0aGlzLCB3ZSB3b3VsZCBwcmVmZXIgdG8gdXNlIHRoZSBwYXN0IHBlcmZlY3QgdGVuc2U=
dwas beingU29ycnkuIFdlIGRvbid0IG5lZWQgdGhlIHBhc3QgY29udGludW91cyB0ZW5zZSBoZXJlLg==
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Did he enter the races once or many times before winning?Question 3 of 8
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I ______ the races for years before I finally won!
ahad enteredU29ycnkuIFRoZSBwYXN0IHBlcmZlY3QgZG9lc24ndCBxdWl0ZSB3b3JrIGhlcmUuIEl0IGRvZXNuJ3QgaW1wbHkgcmVwZXRpdGlvbg==
benteredU29ycnkuIFdlIGNvdWxkIHVzZSB0aGUgcGFzdCBzaW1wbGUgaGVyZSwgYnV0IGEgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IHRlbnNlIHdvdWxkIGJlIG1vcmUgYWNjdXJhdGU=
cwas enteringU29ycnkhIFRoZSBwYXN0IGNvbnRpbnVvdXMgY291bGQgYmUgdXNlZCBoZXJlLCBidXQgd2Ugd291bGQgcHJlZmVyIGEgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IHRlbnNl
dhad been enteringV2VsbCBkb25lISBUaGUgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IGNvbnRpbnVvdXMgaGVyZSBleHByZXNzZXMgYSByZXBlYXRlZCBwYXN0IGFjdGlvbiB0aGF0IHRvb2sgcGxhY2UgYmVmb3JlIGFub3RoZXI=
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Check the answers carefully - they contain mistakesQuestion 4 of 8
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She ______ of working in the Shanghai office when suddenly she was offered a transfer to Shanghai by her boss.
awill have dreamedU29ycnkhIFRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIGZ1dHVyZSBwZXJmZWN0IHRlbnNlLCBhbmQgZG9lc24ndCBtYWtlIHNlbnNlIGhlcmUu
bdreamU29ycnkhIFRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIGluY29ycmVjdGx5IGZvcm1lZCBwcmVzZW50IHNpbXBsZSB0ZW5zZSBhbmQgZG9lc24ndCBtYWtlIHNlbnNlIGhlcmUu
chad been dreamingV2VsbCBkb25lISBUaGUgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IGNvbnRpbnVvdXMgaXMgdXNlZCB0byB0YWxrIGFib3V0IGEgY29udGludWluZyBzaXR1YXRpb24gaW4gdGhlIHBhc3QgYmVmb3JlIGFub3RoZXIgYWN0aW9u
dhad dreamsU29ycnkuIFRoaXMgaXMgYW4gaW5jb3JyZWN0IGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHBhc3QgcGVyZmVjdCBzaW1wbGUuIA==
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It sounds like you arrived late and the match was already in progressQuestion 5 of 8
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The players ______ for 20 minutes by the time we arrived at the tennis match.
awere playedU29ycnkhIEEgcGFzdCBzaW1wbGUgcGFzc2l2ZSBkb2Vzbid0IG1ha2Ugc2Vuc2UgaGVyZQ==
bhad been playingV2VsbCBkb25lISBUaGUgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IGNvbnRpbnVvdXMgaXMgdXNlZCBmb3IgYW4gYWN0aW9uIGluIHByb2dyZXNzIGF0IGEgdGltZSBiZWZvcmUgYW5vdGhlciBwYXN0IGFjdGlvbg==
cplayedU29ycnkuIFdoaWxlIHdlIG1pZ2h0IHNheSB0aGlzLCBhIHBhc3QgcGVyZmVjdCB0ZW5zZSB3b3VsZCBiZSBtdWNoIG1vcmUgYWNjdXJhdGU=
dhave playedU29ycnkhIFRoYXQncyB0aGUgcHJlc2VudCBwZXJmZWN0IHNpbXBsZSBhbmQgZG9lc24ndCBmaXQgaW4gdGhpcyBwYXN0IHRlbnNlIHNjZW5hcmlv
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Did they find him after explaining or before?Question 6 of 8
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At the press conference, the police explained they ______ the missing man on an island in the South Pacific.
awere findingU29ycnkhIFdlIGRvbid0IG5lZWQgdGhlIHBhc3QgY29udGludW91cyBoZXJl
bfindU29ycnkuIFRoYXQncyB0aGUgcHJlc2VudCBzaW1wbGUgdGVuc2Uu
chad been findingU29ycnkhIFRoZSBwYXN0IHBlcmZlY3QgY29udGludW91cyBpbXBsaWVzIHRoYXQgdGhleSBuZXZlciBmaW5pc2hlZCBmaW5kaW5nIGhpbS4=
dhad foundV2VsbCBkb25lLiBUaGUgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IHNpbXBsZSBtZWFucyB0aGF0IHRoZXkgZm91bmQgaGltIGJlZm9yZSB0aGV5IGV4cGxhaW5lZCB3aGVyZSB0aGV5IGZvdW5kIGhpbQ==
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An action completed before a specific past timeQuestion 7 of 8
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By 1994 the band ______ the top of the charts with a number one hit.
ahas reachedU29ycnkhIFRoYXQncyB0aGUgcHJlc2VudCBwZXJmZWN0IHNpbXBsZS4gSXQgZG9lc24ndCBhcHBseSBmb3Igc3BlY2lmaWMgcGFzdCB0aW1lLg==
bhad reachedV2VsbCBkb25lISBUaGUgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IGhlcmUgc2hvd3MgdXMgdGhhdCB0aGlzIGFjdGlvbiB3YXMgY29tcGxldGVkIGJlZm9yZSBhIHNwZWNpZmljIHBhc3QgdGltZS4=
chad been reachingU29ycnkhIFRoZSBwYXN0IHBlcmZlY3QgY29udGludW91cyBkb2Vzbid0IG1ha2UgbXVjaCBzZW5zZSBoZXJlLg==
dhas been reachedU29ycnkuIFdlIGRvbid0IG5lZWQgYSBwcmVzZW50IHBlcmZlY3Qgc2ltcGxlIHBhc3NpdmUgaGVyZS4=
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It sounds like we need a repeated past action that happened before another past time.Question 8 of 8
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He ______ for three years before he finally got published.
ahad writtenU29ycnkuIFRoZSBwYXN0IHBlcmZlY3Qgc2ltcGxlIGRvZXMgbm90IGltcGx5IHRoYXQgdGhlIGFjdGlvbiB3YXMgcmVwZWF0ZWQu
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chad been writingV2VsbCBkb25lISBUaGUgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IGNvbnRpbnVvdXMgdGVsbHMgdXMgdGhpcyB3YXMgYSByZXBlYXRlZCBwYXN0IGFjdGlvbiB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIGJlZm9yZSBhbm90aGVyIHBhc3QgdGltZQ==
dwritesU29ycnkhIFdlIGRvbid0IG5lZWQgdGhlIHByZXNlbnQgc2ltcGxlIGhlcmU=
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The fans were angry because the band ______ the concert five minutes before it was due to start.
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By the time Chen finished his apprenticeship, he ______ in Bangkok for two years.
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I ______ the races for years before I finally won!
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She ______ of working in the Shanghai office when suddenly she was offered a transfer to Shanghai by her boss.
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The players ______ for 20 minutes by the time we arrived at the tennis match.
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At the press conference, the police explained they ______ the missing man on an island in the South Pacific.
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By 1994 the band ______ the top of the charts with a number one hit.
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He ______ for three years before he finally got published.
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