The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

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.