Which sentence shows that the guests left BEFORE Hassan arrived?
Correct answer A. When Hassan arrived, the guests had left.
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Shazia ____ the report by the time her boss asked for it.
Correct answer C. had finished
Sajid was exhausted because he ____ for twelve hours.
Correct answer C. had been driving
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We ____ for an hour when the bus finally arrived.
Correct answer A. had been waiting
Which tense is used in the sentence ‘Anita had been studying medicine for three years before she switched to law’?
Correct answer D. Past perfect continuous
Her hands were dirty because she ____ in the garden.
Correct answer B. had been working
How long ____ in Quetta before they moved to Peshawar?
Correct answer D. had they been living
Which part of the sentence contains an error: ‘Kabir has been working at the bank for ten years when it closed.’?
Correct answer D. has been working
After she ____ her lunch, Rina went back to work.
Correct answer D. had eaten
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Usman told me that he ____ the book before.
Correct answer C. had read
Choose the correct option: ‘I ____ snow before I visited Swat last winter.’
Correct answer B. had never seen
Which tense is used in the sentence ‘The shop had closed before we got there’?
Correct answer A. Past perfect
Which part of the sentence contains an error: ‘When I got home, I realised I have left my keys at the office.’?
Correct answer D. have left
Hassan was upset because his friends ____ his birthday.
Correct answer B. had forgotten
Before the guests arrived, Sameer ____ the whole house.
Correct answer D. had cleaned
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The ground was wet in the morning. It ____ during the night.
Correct answer D. had rained
Which sentence about Lakshmi’s nursing career is correct?
Correct answer A. By 2010, Lakshmi had worked as a nurse for ten years.
Which tense is used in the sentence ‘The girls were singing while the boys were dancing’?
Correct answer A. Past continuous
Which part of the sentence contains an error: ‘While we were play cricket, it started to rain.’?
Correct answer A. were play
Mohan cut his finger while he ____ vegetables.
Correct answer D. was chopping