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.
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bcancellingU29ycnkuIFRoYXQncyBub3QgZ3JhbW1hdGljYWxseSBjb3JyZWN0
chad cancelledV2VsbCBkb25lISBUaGlzIGlzIHRoZSBwYXN0IHBlcmZlY3Qgc2ltcGxl
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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.
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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!
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benteredU29ycnkuIFdlIGNvdWxkIHVzZSB0aGUgcGFzdCBzaW1wbGUgaGVyZSwgYnV0IGEgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IHRlbnNlIHdvdWxkIGJlIG1vcmUgYWNjdXJhdGU=
cwas enteringU29ycnkhIFRoZSBwYXN0IGNvbnRpbnVvdXMgY291bGQgYmUgdXNlZCBoZXJlLCBidXQgd2Ugd291bGQgcHJlZmVyIGEgcGFzdCBwZXJmZWN0IHRlbnNl
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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.
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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==
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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