Question

Grammar in use Past perfect vs Past perfect continuous4 ★ Put the verbs in bold into the past simple, the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.1 A: Jack looked (look) so sad yesterday. B: Yes, I know. Someone...... (just/steal) his bike.2 A: .......(they/find) the man guilty yesterday? B: No, the police....... (not/collect) enough evidence against him.3 A: I (see) your dad on TV last night. He was a great detective! B: Yes, he (work) for the police for 25 years before he retired.4 A: .......(the police/arrive) soon? B: Actually, no. We ......(wait) for half an hour before they turned up.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. A: Jack looked so sad yesterday.

B: Yes, I know. Someone had just stolen

his bike.

2: A: Did they find the man guilty

yesterday?

B: No, the police hadn't collected

enough evidence against him.

3. A: I saw your dad on TV last night. He

was a great detective!

B: Yes, he had been working for the

police for 25 years before he retired.

4. A: Did the police arrive soon?

B: Actually, no. We had been waiting for

half an hour before they turned up.

Answer 2

Here are the correct forms for the verbs in bold:

1. A: Jack looked (looked) so sad yesterday. B: Yes, I know. Someone had just stolen (had just stolen) his bike.

2. A: Had they found (Did they find) the man guilty yesterday? B: No, the police had not collected (had not collected) enough evidence against him.

3. A: I saw (saw) your dad on TV last night. He was a great detective! B: Yes, he had worked (had worked) for the police for 25 years before he retired.

4. A: Were the police arriving (Did the police arrive) soon? B: Actually, no. We had been waiting (had been waiting) for half an hour before they turned up.