Past perfect continuous - exercise one 1  Answer the questions using the past perfect continuous tense. 1  Why was he out of breath? (run/in the park)     _______________________________________________________________ 2  Why did she go and see a doctor? (not/feel/very well)     _______________________________________________________________ 3  Did they suddenly decide to move to France? (no/plan/to do it for some time)     _______________________________________________________________ 4  How did she get so sunburnt? (lie/in the sun all day)     _______________________________________________________________ 5  Why did the police arrest him? (drink/and/drive)     _______________________________________________________________ 2  Complete each sentence with the past perfect continuous form of the verb in brackets. 1  Simon had been having (have) a bit of a problem with the steering so he took the car in to be serviced. 2  The passengers were fed up as they ___________________________________ (wait) over an hour for     the train to leave. 3  When I looked out of the window I realised that it _________________________________ (snow) all     night. 4  Real Madrid __________________________________ (play) for ten minutes when they scored their first     goal. 5  The reason she was exhausted was because she _______________________________________ (overwork). 6  The moment I entered the room I knew that someone _______________________________________ (smoke)     in there. 7  Ann was in a bad mood at lunch time. She ___________________________________ (try) to phone the     railway station all morning but the line was pemanently engaged. home