Past Perfect Continous

Exercise-1

  1. Direct: She said to me, “Had you been studying for the exam?”
  2. Direct: He said to her, “Had they been working on the project for a long time?”
  3. Direct: They said to him, “Had you been waiting for us?”
  4. Direct: She said to me, “What had you been doing before you arrived?”
  5. Direct: He said to his friend, “Why had you been feeling unwell?”
  6. Direct: The teacher said to the students, “Had you been paying attention during the lesson?”
  7. Direct: She said to him, “How long had you been living in that city?”
  8. Direct: He said to me, “What had you been thinking about before I called?”
  9. Direct: They said to her, “Had you been enjoying the party before it started raining?”
  10. Direct: She said to him, “Who had you been talking to on the phone?”
  11. Direct: He said to me, “What had your sister been doing all day?”
  12. Direct: They said to her, “Had you been helping your parents with the chores?”
  13. Direct: She said to him, “Had you been exercising regularly before the injury?”
  14. Direct: He said to me, “How many times had you been to that restaurant?”
  15. Direct: The manager said to the team, “Had you been discussing the issues before the meeting?

  16. Direct: She said to him, “Where had you been going before you stopped?”
  17. Direct: He said to me, “Had you been working on the report before the deadline?”
  18. Direct: They said to her, “Had you been practicing for the performance?”
  19. Direct: She said to me, “When had you been planning to leave?”
  20. Direct: He said to me, “How long had you been waiting for the bus?”

Answers:

  1. Indirect: She said to me if I had been studying for the exam.
  2. Indirect: He said to her if they had been working on the project for a long time.
  3. Indirect: They said to him if he had been waiting for them.
  4. Indirect: She said to me what I had been doing before I arrived.
  5. Indirect: He said to his friend why he had been feeling unwell.
  6. Indirect: The teacher said to the students if they had been paying attention during the lesson.
  7. Indirect: She said to him how long he had been living in that city.
  8. Indirect: He said to me what I had been thinking about before he called.
  9. Indirect: They said to her if she had been enjoying the party before it started raining.
  10. Indirect: She said to him who he had been talking to on the phone.
  11. Indirect: He said to me what my sister had been doing all day.
  12. Indirect: They said to her if she had been helping her parents with the chores.
  13. Indirect: She said to him if he had been exercising regularly before the injury.
  14. Indirect: He said to me how many times I had been to that restaurant.
  15. Indirect: The manager said to the team if they had been discussing the issues before the meeting.
  16. Indirect: She said to him where he had been going before he stopped.
  17. Indirect: He said to me if I had been working on the report before the deadline.
  18. Indirect: They said to her if she had been practicing for the performance.
  19. Indirect: She said to me when I had been planning to leave.
  20. Indirect: He said to me how long I had been waiting for the bus.

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