Question

We _____ playing five minutes when you turned up .

• A. were
• B. had been
• C. could be
• D. have been

Answer 1

Answer:

B. had been

• The correct tense here is the past perfect continuous tense, which is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past (ഇത് ഒരു പ്രവർത്തനം ഭൂതകാലത്തിൽ ആരംഭിച്ച് ഭൂതകാലത്തിൽ മറ്റൊരു പോയിൻ്റ് വരെ തുടരുന്നുവെന്ന് കാണിക്കാൻ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു).
• • We had been playing five minutes when you turned up. / നിങ്ങൾ വരുമ്പോൾ ഞങ്ങൾ അഞ്ച് മിനിറ്റായി കളിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു.
• were: Incorrect because it doesn't convey the duration of the action before another past action.
• could be: Incorrect because it doesn't fit the context of an ongoing past action.
• have been: Incorrect because it is present perfect continuous, not past perfect continuous.