Past continuous vs past perfect (Difficult) Quiz Home › IELTS › IELTS English Grammar › Past continuous vs past perfect (Difficult) 📝 IELTS – English Grammar – Past continuous vs past perfect – Difficult 20 questions · 15 min timer · Explanations included · Free 1. Which sentence uses the past continuous tense correctly? He has read a book when the lights go out. He reads a book when the lights go out. He was reading a book when the lights went out. He had been reading a book when the lights went out. None Show Hint Option B correctly uses the past continuous to describe an action in progress when another action occurred. Option A uses past perfect continuous incorrectly, Option C uses simple present, and Option D mixes tenses incorrectly. 2. Which sentence uses the past perfect tense correctly? By the time we got there, the concert was starting. By the time we got there, the concert had started. By the time we got there, the concert starts. By the time we got there, the concert is starting. None Show Hint Option B uses the past perfect tense to show that the concert started before we arrived. Option A uses past continuous incorrectly, Option C uses simple present, and Option D uses present continuous. Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Loading questions... Click Submit to see your final score! Previous Start Quiz Next Time's up
