Question

Fill in the gaps with the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous. . Sam _____ (decide) that he was going to study Astronomy before he even finished secondary school.Before she got a promotion she ______ (not earn) enough to live comfortably.Before they invented washing machines, people _____ (wash) their clothes by hands for centuries.Mary _____ (wait) for half an hour before the bus came.They _____ (live) in Moscow before they moved to Stakhanov.​

Answer 1

Sam had decided that he was going to study Astronomy before he even finished secondary school.

Before she got a promotion she hadn’t earned enough to live comfortably.

Before they invented washing machines, people had been washing their clothes by hands for centuries.

Mary had been waiting  for half an hour before the bus came.

They had lived in Moscow before they moved to Stakhanov.​

Answer 2

Sam had decided that he was going to study Astronomy before he even finished secondary school.

Before she got a promotion she hadn't earned enough to live comfortably.

Before they invented washing machines, people had been washing their clothes by hands for centuries.

Mary had been waiting for half an hour before the bus came.

They had been living in Moscow before they moved to Stakhanov.

Answer 3

Here are the sentences with the gaps filled in with the appropriate verb forms:

1. Sam had decided (Past Perfect) that he was going to study Astronomy before he even finished secondary school.

2. Before she got a promotion, she had not been earning (Past Perfect Continuous) enough to live comfortably.

3. Before they invented washing machines, people had been washing (Past Perfect Continuous) their clothes by hand for centuries.

4. Mary had been waiting (Past Perfect Continuous) for half an hour before the bus came.

5. They had lived (Past Perfect) in Moscow before they moved to Stakhanov.