BASIC ENGLISH TEST - 7

Past Perfect Continuous Tense पूर्ण अपूर्ण भूतकाळ

The verb forming the Past Perfect Continuous Tense follows this pattern:

Subject कर्ता + had been + present participle (verb+ing) + Object कर्म

Examples:

1. Neeta aunty had been selling sarees almost twenty years. (sell) नीता काकू जवळपास वीस वर्षांपासून साड्या विकत होती.

2. The naughty boys had been playing in the garden since morning. (play) खोडकर मुले सकाळपासून बागेत खेळत होती.

Fill in each blank with the Present Perfect Continuous Tense of the verb in the brackets.

3. The girls had been walking for the last half an hour. (walk) मुली गेल्या अर्ध्या तासापासून चालत होत्या.

4. Nupur had been learning the computer since she was ten. (learn) नुपूर दहा वर्षांची असल्यापासून कॉम्प्युटर शिकत होती.

5. These eggs had been boiling for ten minutes.(boil) ही अंडी दहा मिनिटे उकळत होती.

6. I had been waiting for your call all day long.(wait) मी दिवसभर तुझ्या कॉलची वाट पाहत होतो.

7. This shop had been selling old furniture for over two years. (sell) हे दुकान दोन वर्षांपासून जुन्या फर्निचरची विक्री करत होते.

8. Survi had been watching television since lunchtime. (watch) सुरवी जेवणाच्या वेळेपासून दूरदर्शन पाहत होती.

9. You had been cleaning this room for the last hour. (clean) तुम्ही गेल्या तासाभरापासून ही खोली स्वच्छ करत होतात.

10. Kushal and Kavish had been searching the missing mobile in the garden since morning. (search) कुशल आणि कविश सकाळपासून बागेत हरवलेला मोबाईल शोधत होते.