Question

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense Complete the sentences below with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. I ________ (wait) for you for an hour before you called and said that you wouldn't come. 2. She looked very tired. She _______ (run) for 2 hours 3. When the mother came home Nick woke up. He ________ (sleep) for 4 hours. 4. The children ______ (play) in the yard for an hour and a half when it _______ (start) snowing. 5. My grandfather found his glasses at last. He _____ (look) for them for twenty minutes. 6. He had to go and see a dentist. His tooth ______ (ache) for a week. 7. Ann finished her report. She _______ (make) it for three days. 8. Poll ______ (learn) English for ten years before he entered the University. 9. The child ________ (paint) for a long time when his mother entered the room. 10. Mr. Brown ______ (work) for 50 years when he finally retired. 11. He ______ (eat) his lunch for an hour until his boss ________ (call) him and ________ (ask) him to come immediately. 12. When she _______ (come) in, we __________ (see) that her clothes ________ (be) dirty. We knew that she _______ (repair) her car for three hours. 13. At last Andrew had his qualification. He _______ (preparing) for the exams for six months. 14. My young daughter felt very proud that she _____ (cook) an apple pie. She _______ (cook) it for three hours! 15. We ______ (look) for the coffee bar for half an hour when we _______ (meet) Melissa and she ______ (show) us the way. 16. Before I ______ (buy) a new car I _______ (work) overtime for several months. 17. The fans were disappointed because they _______ (wait) for their favourite actor for three hours but he _______ (not/appear). Допоможіть!!!

Answer 1

1. Had been waiting
2. Had been running
3. Had been sleeping
4. Had been playing… started
5. Had been looking
6. Had been aching
7. Had been making
8. Had been learning
9. Had been painting
10. Had been working
11. Had been eating… called… asked
12. Came… saw… were… had been repairing
13. Had been preparing
14. Cooked… had been cooking
15. Had been looking… met… showed
16. Bought… had been working
17. Had been waiting… didn’t appear

Answer 2

Sure, I can help you complete these sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the Past Perfect Continuous tense. Here are the completed sentences:

1. I had been waiting for you for an hour before you called and said that you wouldn't come.

2. She looked very tired. She had been running for 2 hours.

3. When the mother came home, Nick woke up. He had been sleeping for 4 hours.

4. The children had been playing in the yard for an hour and a half when it started snowing.

5. My grandfather found his glasses at last. He had been looking for them for twenty minutes.

6. He had to go and see a dentist. His tooth had been aching for a week.

7. Ann finished her report. She had been making it for three days.

8. Poll had been learning English for ten years before he entered the University.

9. The child had been painting for a long time when his mother entered the room.

10. Mr. Brown had been working for 50 years when he finally retired.

11. He had been eating his lunch for an hour until his boss called him and asked him to come immediately.

12. When she came in, we saw that her clothes were dirty. We knew that she had been repairing her car for three hours.

13. At last, Andrew had his qualification. He had been preparing for the exams for six months.

14. My young daughter felt very proud that she had been cooking an apple pie. She had been cooking it for three hours.

15. We had been looking for the coffee bar for half an hour when we met Melissa, and she showed us the way.

16. Before I bought a new car, I had been working overtime for several months.

17. The fans were disappointed because they had been waiting for their favorite actor for three hours, but he did not appear.