Answer: (the bold, italic, and underlined phrases are the answers)
1 How long had you had / been having a credit card when you got rid of it?
2 The road was flooded because it had rained / been raining for hours and showed no sign of stopping.
3 She had learnt / been learning English for three years before she visited Britain.
4 Had you ever eaten / been eating Japanese food before you visited Japan?
5 I was thirsty because I'd run / been running all morning.
6 Martin told me that he hadn't seen / been seeing the
Champions League final on TV.
4 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Say which use of the tenses in the Learn this! box each sentence follows.
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1 The grass was slippery because it had been snowing, Use 2
2 Ed had been learning how to drive for two years when he took his test.
3 When Jo finally arrived, we for over an hour.
They … each other for many years when they got
engaged, but they … … only
… for a year.
5 I was thirsty because I … … a drink for hours.
6 Sue's hands were muddy. She had been working in the garden.