Exercise 10 : Complete the following sentences using the past perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. Question 1 : We_____(play) tennis for about an hour when it started to rain heavily. Question 2 : I was very tired when I got home. I_____(work) hard all day. Question 3 : At last the bus came. He_____(wait) for 20 minutes. Question 4 : Jim quit drinking coffee two years ago. He_____(drink) coffee for 20 years. Question 5 : She was out of breath. She_____(run). Question 6 : It wasn’t raining when we went out. The sun was shining. But it_____ (rain), so the ground was wet. Question 7 : We were extremely tired at the end of our trip. We_____(travel) for more than 24 hours. Question 8 : I was exhausted at the end of the test. I_____(write) for over three hours. Question 9 : The orchestra_____(play) for 30 minutes when a man in audience suddenly began shouting. Question 10 : At the time the factory closed down, Sarah_____(work) there for five years. Question 11 : - She_____(watch) TV for 4 hours before she went to eat dinner? Question 12 : She was very upset because I was late and she _____(wait) for a very long time. Question 13 : When the boys came into the house, their clothes were dirty, their hair was messy and one of them had a black eye. They_____(fight). Question 14 : It was a bit discomfort to arrive at their house and found Liz looking so depressed. I think she_____(cry) before I got there. Question 15 : I_____(learn) Germany for 4 years and then decided to give it up.