Упражнения на отработку Past Perfect Continuous.
Упражнение 1. Раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в Past Perfect Continuous.
Sally ___________ (type) this text for 3 hours before Mark came.
Anthony _________ (wait) for his airplane for 3 hours when its delay was announced.
I saw many huge puddles. ______ it_______ (rain) hard?
Sam did not even realize what a hard time Molly ______ (have).
Rita _______ (train) for a year and she was very fit when her ex-boyfriend met her.
Rachel’s husband _________ (fix) the car since early morning.
Paul and Molly ___________ (talk) on the phone for an hour when the line broke.
How long ____________ you_________ (watch) TV before you decided to go to bed?
Steven felt tired as he __________ (sail) for several hours.
Zina __________ (try) to find her mother for years but she failed.
Упражнение 2. Составьте предложения.
went / Kate / it / for five years / had / for that company / working / when / been / out of business.
all day / Mark / to sit down / wanted / he / because / had /standing / been / at work.
teaching / a year / Jack / had / than / he / for / been / more / before / at the university / left for Asia.
long / studying / How / moved / you / been / Japanese / before / had / you / to Tokyo?
Упражнение 3. Переведите на английский.
Джонни выглядел уставшим, так как он пробежал большую дистанцию.
Хелен набрала лишний вес, так как в последнее время она переедала.
Лиза провалила тест, так как не готовилась к нему и не посещала занятия.
Алекс был уставшим, потому что он много упражнялся.
Она долго плакала прежде чем успокоится.
Упражнение 4. Ответьте, используя Past Perfect Continuous.
HOW LOHG HAD
1 … it been snowing when you left the old house? (for 4 hours)
2 … Eton been working before he retired? (for 20 years)
3 … Mike been living there when Janet moved in? (for a fortnight)
4 … they been studying German before they finaly went to Berlin? (for 5 years)
5 …the authors been working on the novel before they sent it to a publisher? (for 2 years).
6 … Pele been playing football before he took part in that championship? (for 6 years)
7 … the students been listening attentively to the dialog before they could understand the basic meaning? (for an hour)
8 … the children been walking before the granny called them? (for 2 hours)
Упражнение 6. Make up sentences.
The old lecturer began to speak up. After a few minutes the dean came in.
The old lecturer __________ for a few minutes when ________________.
After half an hour of waiting Larry realized that he had been mistaken about the address.
Larry ______________________ when _____________________.
My father-in-law went to America in 1943. Two years later, the war ended.
My father-in-law ________________ when____________________.
1. We __________ when somebody __________ at the door.
a) were talking / was knocking
b) had been talking / knocked
c) were talking / knocked
d) had been talking / had knocked
2. Ian ____________ at the factory long when he ___________ a manager.
a) was working / had been made
b) had been working / was made
c) had been working / made
d) had worked / made
3. Sally _________ for two years when she ___________ the race.
a) trained / entered
b) was training / was entering
c) had trained / had entered
d) had been training / entered
4. It ____________ and the ground _______ white.
a) had been snowing / was
b) was snowing / had been
c) had snowed / was
d) had been snowing / was being
5. By his death, the composer _____________.
a) had written
b) was writing
c) had been writing
d) wrote
6. Jimmy ________ out of breath because he ___________.
a) had been / was running
b) was / was running
c) was / had been running
d) had been / had been running
