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Past continuous vs Past perfect continuous
Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous or the past perfect
continuous. Write in your notebook.
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1. Mark ... (work) for six hours before he took a break.
2. My sister... (not/sleep) when the earthquake happened. She ... (study) for
her Maths exam.
3. Her eyes were red because she ... (cry).
4. I saw Sam and Julie yesterday morning. They ... (sit) in a café.
5. How long ... (Mary/wait) outside the cinema?
6. ... (you/dig) for a long time before you discovered that ancient pottery
vase?
7. ... (they/work) in the garden when the rain started? ?
8. Paul... (tidy) his room for three hours before he had lunch.
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