Question

1.She .....hard since December. (study)
tense of the verbs given in brackets
2.Sarla ...... her lover for many years.' (befool)
3.How long ...... the two neighbours
withbours ..... when a third one joined them? quarrel
4.I .... for four hours when you knocked at my door. (sleep)
5.Tenzing ... to climb Everest for many years before he succeeded
6.Sheela ... preparations for four years before she appeared at the IAS
7.They ...... the sums for four hours when I joined them. (wolve)
8.The Americans____for war for many years. (prepare)​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Had been studying

2. Had been be fooling

3. Had been the two neighbors quarreling

4. Had been sleeping

5. Had been trying

6. Had been preparing

7. Had been wolfing

8. Had been preparing

Explanation:

• Formula for Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
• Subject + had + been + 1st form of verb + ing + object.
• When describing an action that has been ongoing for some time prior to another action occurring in the past, the Past Perfect Continuous Tense is employed.
• 1. To depict a process that is ongoing across time
• 2. The Past Perfect Continuous demonstrates that something began in the past and continued until a subsequent point in the past
• 3. Employ it to demonstrate cause and effect

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