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Question 1:
Benjamin _______ (to watch) a movie before Alison _______ (to come) in.
A. was watching / came
B. had been watching / was coming
C. had been watching / came
Feedback Past Perfect Continuous emphasizes the duration of an action in the past before another one. We cannot use Past Continuous because this Tense wouldn't show that the first action started before the second one.
D. watched / came

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Test 1-Past Tenses | Upper-Intermediate English