Question

Choose the past perfect continuous tense form of the verb in the following sentence:
She __________ with Jed for over an hour before Tony appeared.

• A. was chatting
• B. had been chatting
• C. have been chatting
• D. has chatted

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

had been chatting

The past perfect continuous form of any verb is obtained by adding 'had been' to the base verb + ing. The verb in question is 'to chat'; for which the base/ root is simply 'chat'. Applying the above, we clearly get 'had been chatting', which is Option B) - the correct answer. A) is simply past continuous; C) is present perfect continuous and lastly, D) is past perfect.