Question

Помогите с грамматикой,пожалуйста!)) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (Past Perfect Tense or Past Perfect Continuous Tense). Mary ______________(not / finish) her dinner when her sister came. When she come to the garage, the mechanic __________ (not / repair) her car. Liza ___________ (paint) the walls all day before she finished them. The boys ____________ (finish) doing their homework by eight o`clock. Peter _____________ (work) as a driver for thirty years when he retired. They ___________ (watch) TV for a quarter of an hour when the door bell rang. Tom __________ (return) home before the storm began.

Answer 1

Mary (had not / finished) her dinner when her sister came.
When she came to the garage, the mechanic (had not / repaired) her car.
Liza (had been painting) the walls all day before she finished them.
The boys (had finished) doing their homework by eight o`clock.
Peter (had been working) as a driver for thirty years when he retired.
They ( had been watching) TV for a quarter of an hour when the door bell rang.
Tom ( had returned) home before the storm began.

Answer 2

Here are the completed sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1. Mary had not finished her dinner when her sister came. (Past Perfect Tense)

2. When she came to the garage, the mechanic had not been repairing her car. (Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

3. Liza had been painting the walls all day before she finished them. (Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

4. The boys had finished doing their homework by eight o'clock. (Past Perfect Tense)

5. Peter had worked as a driver for thirty years when he retired. (Past Perfect Tense)

6. They had been watching TV for a quarter of an hour when the doorbell rang. (Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

7. Tom had returned home before the storm began. (Past Perfect Tense)