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)
