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 shows the correct sequence of past perfect and past continuous? She was reading a book when she had heard a noise. She had read a book when she was hearing a noise. She had read a book by the time she heard a noise. She was reading a book when she heard a noise. None Show Hint Option D correctly uses the past continuous for an ongoing action interrupted by a past simple action. Option A incorrectly uses past perfect with an ongoing action, Option B incorrectly mixes past perfect with continuous, and Option C changes the logical sequence. 2. Identify the sentence that uses past perfect correctly. When I arrived, they eat dinner. When I arrived, they had eaten dinner. When I arrived, they are eating dinner. When I arrived, they were eating dinner. None Show Hint Option B uses the past perfect tense to show that eating dinner was completed before I arrived. Option A uses past continuous, 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
