1) The lyricist ________ (write) realistic songs since the beginning of his career. a) was writing b) wrote c) had been writing 2) Tom ______(travel) around the world since the month of December. a) had been traveling b) was traveled c) travelling 3) You had been shopping in that market before you came home. a) Past Perfect Continuous b) Past Simple c) Perfect Continuous 4) Jane ______(gossip) in the coffee shop for two hours. a) gossiped b) had been gossiping c) been gossipied 5) I had bin writied articles on various topics for three hours. Is it correct? a) had been writing b) it's ok c) have written 6) If we ______(call) ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table. a) have called b) had called c) calling 7) She ______(visit) several doctors before she found out what the problem was with her hand. a) had been visiting b) has visitied c) had visited 8) I did not have any cash because I ______ (lost) my purse. a) was losting b) has lost c) had lost 9) Marc knew Philadelphia so well because he had been lived there for five years. Is it correct? a) have lived b) has been living c) had lived 10) The cat had chased the bird before it flew out of the yard. a) Present Perfect b) Past Perfect c) Past Simple 11) Which tense is used in this sentence: “He had lived in Paris for five years before moving to London”? a) Past Perfect b) Present Perfect c) Past Continuous 12) Before she went to bed, she ___ a warm bath. a) have b) had c) has 13) Which tense is used in this sentence: “They had been playing soccer all afternoon”? a) Past Perfect Continuous b) Present Continuous c) Past Perfect 14) had been playing / before the neighbors complained. / the dog / For hours, / a) Before playing for hours, the dog had been the neighbors complained. b) Before hours, had the dog been playing the neighbors complained. c) Before the neighbors complained, the dog had been playing for hours. 15) By the time they / the train / the station, / reached / already departed. / had a) By the time they reached the station, the train had already departed. b) By the station, they had reached when the train had already departed. c) By the time the station had reached, the train had departed already. 16) the sun / By the time they / had been shining / for hours. / the hikers / finished their hike, a) By the time they finished their hike, the sun had been shining for hours. b) The sun had been shining by the time they finished their hike for hours. c) For hours, the sun had been shining by the time they finished their hike. 17) Before she arrived, / he had been / preparing dinner / for his guests. a) Before she arrived, he had been preparing dinner for his guests. b) Before he arrived, she had been preparing dinner for his guests. c) For his guests, before she arrived, he had been preparing dinner. 18) the orchestra / Before / had been rehearsing / the concert began, / for hours. a) Before the concert for hours, the orchestra had been rehearsing began. b) Before the concert began, the orchestra had been rehearsing for hours. c) For hours, the orchestra had been rehearsing before the concert began. 19) the bill / By the time she finished her meal, / the waiter / had already brought. a) By the time she finished her meal, the waiter had already brought the bill. b) By the time the waiter brought the bill, she had finished her meal. c) The bill had brought already by the waiter by the time she finished her meal. 20) had been / the world / of traveling / he finally saved enough money. / dreaming / For years, / a) For years, he had been dreaming of traveling the world before he finally saved enough money. b) Dreaming of traveling the world, he had been saving enough money for years. c) Before he finally saved enough money, he had been dreaming of traveling the world for years. 21) the music / already been / By the time they / playing / arrived at the party, / for hours, / a) By the time they arrived at the party, the music had already been playing for hours. b) The music had already been playing for hours by the time they arrived at the party. c) The music had been playing for hours by the time they arrived at the party. 22) the party / By the time / the host / dinner / had been cooking / for hours, / the guests / arrived at a) By the time the guests arrived, the host had been cooking dinner for hours. b) The host had been cooking dinner for hours by the time the guests arrived. c) The host had cooking dinner for hours by the time the guests arrived. 23) Before the storm hit, / they had been / all afternoon. / in the park / picnicking a) Before they had been picnicking in the park all afternoon, the storm hit. b) The storm had hit before they had been picnicking in the park all afternoon. c) Before the storm hit, they had been picnicking in the park all afternoon. 24) the phone, / he / several calls. / realized / missed / When / his / had / checked / he a) He missed several calls when he realized he had checked his phone. b) He realized he had missed several calls when he checked his phone. c) When he checked his phone, he realized he had missed several calls. 25) his project. / they / Since morning, / on / been working / had / their a) Since morning, they had been working on their project. b) They had been working on their project since morning. c) They had since morning been working on their project

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