Complete the sentences using the correct past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets:
1.By the time he was 29 he (write) ten books.
2 I (enter) competitions for years before I won.
3 She never (read) a play by Shakespeare until she went to university.
4 I (think) of what to write when suddenly I had a great idea for a story.
5 Before I was fifteen I not (enjoy) reading.
6 It was New Year’s Day and it (snow) for about twelve hours.
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Explanation: By the time he was 29 th he had written ten books
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1.By the time he was 29 he had written ten books.
2 I had been entering competitions for years before I won.
3 She had never read a play by Shakespeare until she went to university.
4 I had been thinking of what to write when suddenly I had a great idea for a story.
5 Before I was fifteen I had not enjoyed reading.
6 It was New Year’s Day and it had been snowing for about twelve hours.
Explanation
Past Perfect Tense is used to refer to an action that happened before another action in the past.
Past Perfect Continuous is used for an action which happened over a period of time.
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