II. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1) When I arrived, Lucy_ in bed with temperature since lunchtime.
A had lying
B had been lying
C had lied
2) My mom_dinner when I returned home.
A had already cooked
B had already been
C had already cooking
3) Sean explained why he_an essay.
A hadn't written
B hadn't been writing
C hadn't been written
4) There were puddles in the streets as it_ all night.
A had raining
B had been raining
Chad rained
5) I_to see Lena at the disco but she didn't turn up.
A had been expecting
B been expected
C had expected
6) They_the same restaurant for years before they found a better one.
A had visited
B had been visiting
C had been visit​

1) When I arrived, Lucy had been lying in bed with a temperature since lunchtime.
- Explanation: We use the Present Perfect Continuous tense to show an action that started in the past and continued until a point in the past. In this case, Lucy started lying in bed with a temperature in the past (lunchtime) and continued lying until I arrived. "Had been lying" is the correct form of the verb "lie" in this tense.

2) My mom had already cooked dinner when I returned home.
- Explanation: We use the Past Perfect tense to show an action that happened before another past action. In this case, my mom cooked dinner before I returned home. "Had already cooked" is the correct form of the verb "cook" in this tense.

3) Sean hadn't written an essay.
- Explanation: We use the Past Perfect tense to show an action that didn't happen before another past action. In this case, Sean didn't write an essay before the time of reference. "Hadn't written" is the correct form of the verb "write" in this tense.

4) There were puddles in the streets as it had been raining all night.
- Explanation: We use the Past Perfect Continuous tense to show an action that started in the past, continued until a point in the past, and had a result. In this case, it rained all night, and the result was the presence of puddles in the streets. "Had been raining" is the correct form of the verb "rain" in this tense.

5) I had been expecting to see Lena at the disco but she didn't turn up.
- Explanation: We use the Past Perfect Continuous tense to show an action that started in the past, continued until a point in the past, and had a result. In this case, I expected to see Lena at the disco, but the result was that she didn't come. "Had been expecting" is the correct form of the verb "expect" in this tense.

6) They had been visiting the same restaurant for years before they found a better one.
- Explanation: We use the Past Perfect Continuous tense to show an action that started in the past, continued until a point in the past, and had a result. In this case, they visited the same restaurant for years, and the result was finding a better one. "Had been visiting" is the correct form of the verb "visit" in this tense.