Question

Ex. Use the Past Continuous or the Past Perfect Continuous instead of the Infinitives in brackets. 1. She had a sore throat because she (to sing) since morning. 2. He (to read) his evening paper as usual when a friend of his called him on the telephone. 3. He (to read) before the fire for half an hour when the telephone rang. 4. When we went to see them last night they (to play) chess; they said they (to play) since 6 o’clock. 5. The boys (to play ) football and didn’t hear their mother calling them from the window. 6. The boys were tired because they (to play) football for an hour. 7. He (to look) at the fire and (to think) or something. 8. He (to look) 3 or 5 minutes at the fire and then turned his face to me; it was sad. 9. At last I found the book which I (to look far) all day. 10. He asked me what I (to look for). 11. When I entered the room sir George (to talk) in a loud voice. 12. They told me sir George just (to talk) about me. 13. She put aside the book she (to read) since morning and rose from her seat. 14. We (to work) in silence for some time when john spoke. 15. Robert was awfully tired as he (to work ) all afternoon.

Answer 1

1.had been singing
2.was reading
3.had been reading
4.were playing...had been playing
5.were playing
6.had been playing
7.was looking..thinking of
8.was looking
9.I had been looking for
10.I was looking for
11.was talking
12.had jusi been talking
13.had been reading
14.had been working
15.was working

Answer 2

1. She had a sore throat because she had been singing since morning.
2. He was reading his evening paper as usual when a friend of his called him on the telephone.
3. He had been reading before the fire for half an hour when the telephone rang.
4. When we went to see them last night, they were playing chess; they said they had been playing since 6 o'clock.
5. The boys were playing football and didn't hear their mother calling them from the window.
6. The boys were tired because they had been playing football for an hour.
7. He was looking at the fire and thinking of something.
8. He had been looking at the fire for 3 or 5 minutes and then turned his face to me; it was sad.
9. At last, I found the book which I had been looking for all day.
10. He asked me what I had been looking for.
11. When I entered the room, Sir George was talking in a loud voice.
12. They told me Sir George had just been talking about me.
13. She put aside the book she had been reading since morning and rose from her seat.
14. We had been working in silence for some time when John spoke.
15. Robert was awfully tired as he had been working all afternoon.