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III. Fill in the blanks with the past perfect tense as instructed in the brackets.

1. Within a few days, I ______________ all my money. (spend)

2. The farmer ______________ a huge loan. (take)

3. He ______________ since sunrise. (eat–negative)
4. ______________ they ______________ for a meeting? (gather–interrogative)

5. I was tired as I ______________ for two nights. (sleep–negative)

IV. Fill in the blanks with the past perfect continuous form of the verbs given in brackets.

1. Arun was very tired because he ______________ for over an hour. (jog)

2. Tanya and Sahil passed the test as they ______________ the classes regularly. (attend)
3. We did not go swimming yesterday as it ______________ continuously. (rain)

4. Ria looked nice as she ______________to the gym regularly. (go)

5. I ______________ a biography on his life. (write)

V. Rewrite the sentences given below in the future perfect continuous tense.

1. Were they keeping the party a secret?

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2. She has been working with that household for four years.

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3. Akash has been watering the lawn for the last thirty minutes.

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4. Maria has been teaching at the university since March.

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5. They have been waiting at the railway station for over an hour.
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6. She had been watching the film for three hours.

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7. Rahul has been playing football for two hours.

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8. They are cutting down all the trees on the mountain slope.

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