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Если в случае 1 не указано, как долго совершалось действие, вместо Past Perfect Continuous употребляется Past Continuous.
It had been raining for two hours when I left home.
It was raining when I left home.
Ex. 1. Explain the use of the Past Perfect Continuous in the following sentences.
1. When I rang up Sam, he said that people had been inquiring about you all day.
2. They had been driving for half an hour before Blair spoke.
3. The rain that had been threatening now began to fall gently.
4. Philip came into the room. He had been wandering about, not quite belonging anywhere.
5. Alice threw down the book she had been holding since she came into the room.
6. I was happy that ever since Max moved in here, the place had been ringing with laughter.
7. We talked about what we had been doing since we left school.
8. He went to the theatre to see the play which had been running for a week.
9. It had been freezing for the last few days, but it had not snowed.
10. I told him I had been in all evening. I had been waiting to talk with him.
11. I had been working for two hours when my brother came.
12. She was very tired. She had been typing all day.
Ex. 2. Complete the text with the Past Perfect Continuons: choose verbs from the box.
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John Latton, 39, an engineer at Felton Plastics in Upton, had a lucky escape after an accident on the A34 in the early hours of the morning. Mr Latton fell asleep while driving and crashed into a pile of sand left by workers who ______ the road.
When he left Felton Plastics at 3.00 this morning, Mr Latton ______ for 72 hours without any sleep.
A passing motorist discovered the accident after the engineer ______ in his car with a broken leg for half an hour. Ambulance workers said that if Mr Latton ______ any faster his injuries might have been much worse.
Ex. 3. In a murder investigation, some suspects were asked by the police what they had been doing at eight o'clock the previous evening. They all told lies. Write sentences to explain what they told the police they had been doing, and what they had actually been doing.
Example: Mrs Oliver said she had been reading, but actually she had been watching the neighbours through binoculars.
| name | told the police had been doing | truth |
| Mrs Oliver | reading | watching neighbours through binoculars |
| Mr Lucas | watching TV | stealing cars |
| Mrs Allen | talking on the phone | making a bomb |
| Mr Nash | washing clothes | forging £ 5 notes |
| Alice | playing cards | selling drugs |
| Pete | studying chemistry | fighting |
| Aunt Jane | writing letters | planning a bank robbery |
| Miss Fry | washing her hair | out dancing with her sister's boy-friend |
| Rob | painting his flat | playing roulette |
Ex 4. Put the verb into the most suitable form, the Past Continuous
(I was doing), the Past Perfect (I had done) or the Past Perfect Continuous (I had been doing).
1. It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours (have) a party.
2. We were good friends. We (know) each other for a long time.
3. John and I went for a walk. I had difficulty keeping up with him because he (walk) so fast.
4. Mary was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She (run).
5. When I arrived, everybody was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They (eat).
6. When I arrived, everybody was sitting and talking. Their mouths were empty but their stomachs were full. They (eat).
7. Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He (look) for his contact lens.
8. When I arrived, Kate (wait) for me. She was rather annoyed with me because I was late and she (wait) for a very long time.
9. I was sad when I sold my car. I (have) it for a very long time.
10. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We (travel) for more than 24 hours.
Ex. 5. Translate into English using a suitable past tense.
1. Ник был в восторге от своего нового компьютера. Уже долгое время он хотел получить его.
2. Было четыре часа, и она устала, потому что работала над диссертацией с рассвета.
3. Когда я встретил Пита в первый раз, он работал в корпорации "Сони" 15 лет.
4. Мы были близкими друзьями. Мы знали друг друга 20 лет.
5. Он очень много занимался, чтобы выдержать экзамен.
6. Мери отправилась поплавать вчера после работы, потому что она просидела в офисе весь день перед компьютером.
7. Начиная со вчерашнего дня он ремонтировал прибор.
8. Мы проводили этот эксперимент с 9 часов и все еще не закончили.
9. Когда я вошел в зал, профессор говорил уже 15 минут.
10. Он сказал, что искал свою записную книжку все утро перед тем, как наконец-то обнаружил ее под газетой.
11. Мы показывали новому менеджеру фабрику уже два часа, пока он не сказал: "Пока достаточно".
12. Они обсуждали план полчаса, когда я присоединился к ним.
13. Сколько времени вы переводили перед тем, как ваш друг позвонил вам?
14. Она преподавала 20 лет, после чего пошла работать в одну компанию.
15. Сколько Сэм проучился в университете, пока не бросил его?
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