PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE EXERCISE 5

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1. I had been trying to call him all morning 
2. We had been working on the project for months 
3. She had red eyes because she had been peeling onions. 
4. I hadn’t been walking for very long before 
5. The snow was very deep. 
6. When he asked me the questions, I realized 
7. They hadn’t been living there very long 
8. She was ill because 
9. They said they had only been waiting

• I hadn’t been paying any attention to him. 
• When he called me. 
• For a few minutes but I think it might have been longer. 
• When they decided to move again. 
• When it was cancelled. 
• She had been working too hard. 
• She hadn’t been crying. 
• Someone offered me a lift. 
• It had been snowing all night. 

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