Ex.15. Ask questions using the questioning words in brackets.
Ex. 14. Complete the sentences, putting the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous.
Ex.13. Read the sentences and define the tense forms. Translate them into Ukrainian.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Ex. 12. Translate into English.
1. Не встиг я вийти з офісу, як пішов дощ.
2. Мері увійшла в кабінет, як раптом згадала, що забула ключі від сейфу вдома.
3. Він хвалився, що зустрічався з цією кінозіркою під час фестивалю.
4. Тед почувався втомленим. Вчора вночі він закінчив писати реферат.
5. До того, як Тео переїхав в будинок в передмісті, він жив в маленькій квартирі в центрі міста.
6. Як тільки ми закінчили переговори, як делегація поїхала в аеропорт.
7. Я знала його. Ми жили в дитинстві на одній вулиці.
8. Гаррі запізнився. Лекція вже почалась.
9. Ми отримали листа від батьків про те, що вони вже переїхали.
10. На жаль, коли ми прибули на станцію, було вже пізно.Потяг вже пішов.
1. We had been sleeping for 12 hours when he woke us up.
2. They had been waiting at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
3. We had been looking for her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.
4. I had not been walking for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain.
5. How long had she been learning English before she went to London?
6. Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he had been singing in the rain too long.
7. He had been driving less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.
8. They were very tired in the evening because they had been helping on the farm all day.
9. I had not been working all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the disco at night.
10. They had been cycling all day so their legs were sore in the evening.
1. The room was empty, but the television was still on. Someone_____(watch) it.
2. They _______(wait) long before the taxi arrived.
3. We_______ (try) to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.
4. It ________(rain) hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.
5. Her friends had been _____(think) of calling the police when she walked in.
6. They_____ (wait) at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
7. Не looked very tired when I came to his place for he______(prepare) for his exams for several days.
8. They ______________ (shout) for a few hours before their parents arrived.
9. John was in a detention because he_______(misbehave).
10. I had to go on a diet because I ________(eat) too much sugar.
11. Jessica got sunburnt because she had been _____(lie) in the sun too long.
12. The boys ________(quarrel) for half an hour when we arrived home.
13. I ______(date) Angelina for 3 years before we got married.
1. They had been working on this project for 5 years before they finished it. (How long?)
2. My Mum had been working for this company for 15 years before she retired. (Who?)
3. I had been thinking of moving since September and then I got a promotion. (Since when?)
4. My friend had been trying hard to improve the situation but eventually she failed. (What?)
5. By seven o'clock last night she had already been typing for ten hours, so I told her to rest for a while. (By what time?)