Exercise 1. Поставьте глаголы в скобках в the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
1. My
sister … (to practise) for two months before that concert.
2. The
boys … (to fish) for three hours before Tom caught the first fish.
3. We …
(to discuss) that problem for more than an hour before we found the right
solution.
4. Henry
… (to wait) for half an hour before he saw his girlfriend getting off the tram.
5. Driving
to the hospital was difficult as it … (to snow) all night.
6. Polly
… (to study) economy since she entered university.
7. Ron’s
collection of coins was valuable as he … (to collect) them since he was a
schoolboy.
8. When
Sam returned home we … (to watch) that TV programme for a quarter of an hour
already.
9. Bill’s
coat and mittens were wet because he … (to play) snowballs with his friends in
the yard.
10. David was irritated
because the police inspector … (to ask) him questions for more than an hour.
Exercise 2.
Сделайте предложения отрицательными и вопросительными the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
1. Brian
had been trying to find a better job for three weeks.
2. Little
Johnny had been riding his new bike all day yesterday.
3. Robert
and Frank had been fixing that computer for two hours yesterday.
4. Julia
had been typing the report all the morning yesterday.
5. It
had been raining all night last Tuesday.
6. The
Smiths had been building their house for four years.
7. We had
been skating for three hours yesterday.
8. You
had been decorating the classroom for more than two hours last Saturday.
9. The
twins had been fighting in the backyard when their mother saw them.
10. Molly had been
speaking on the phone for an hour and a half yesterday evening.
Exercise 3. Поставьте глаголы в скобках в the Past Perfect Tense.
1. He …
(to watch) this TV programme before his parents came home.
2. Sheila
and Witty … (to send) the invitations for the conference before Friday.
3. A
group of tourists … (already to visit) this cathedral before the guide told
them about its history.
4. His
nephew … (to move) to a new flat by the beginning of September.
5. The
accident … (to happen) before Henry understood anything.
6. It
… (to stop) raining by the evening.
7. John
and Andrew … (to get) to the hotel before night.
8. You
… (to make) a decision before our talk.
9. I
… (to meet) your brother before we both entered university.
10. We … (to make
photocopies of the documents by six o’clock yesterday.
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