Question

Choose the correct past perfect or past perfect continuous form of the verb from the given options.
We _________ only __________ for about $5$ minutes when the other side scored a goal$!$

• A. Have, been playing
• B. Had, been playing
• C. Did, play
• D. Had, being playing

Answer 1

The correct option is B Had, been playing

NOTE: As the duration of the first action is given, before the other action took place, we will use the past perfect continuous tense.

Option A - 'Have, been playing' is used to represent a sentence in the present perfect continuous tense. Thus option A is incorrect.

Option C - 'Did, play' is used to emphasise the verb in the simple past tense. Hence, option C is incorrect.

Option D - 'Had, being playing' is grammatically incorrect as we need 'been' in the past perfect continuous tense and not 'being'. Hence, option D is incorrect.

Option B - 'Had, been playing' is used to represent the sentence in the past perfect continuous tense. Hence, option B is incorrect.

'We had only been playing for about 5 minutes when the other side scored a goal.'