Question

Помогите пожалуйстаааа. find the mistakes and correct them. 1. My cousin had been planted flowers for two hours yesterday. 2. Jack had been not written the essay all evening yesterday. 3. They had being tried to phone her the whole evening. 4. How long Peter had been painting a landscape yesterday? 5. Helen have been singing for more than an hour yesterday before we got tired. 6. Who had read in your room from 3 to 4 o'clock yesterday? Complete the sentences using Past Perfect Continuous. 7. He ... (to practise) for three years before he won? (question) 8. The boys... (to play) volleyball for three hours before it got dark. 9. We ... (to clean) the house for more than an hour before you came. 10. Margaret ... (not to sleep) the whole night yesterday. 11. It... (to snow) all night? (question) 12. Alex... (not to study) biology before he entered the college.​

Answer 1

My cousin had been planting flowers for two hours yesterday.

Jack had not been written the essay all evening yesterday.

They had been trying to phone her the whole evening.

How long had Peter been painting a landscape yesterday?

Helen had been singing for more than an hour yesterday before we got tired.

Who had been reading in your room from 3 to 4 o'clock yesterday? Complete the sentences using Past Perfect Continuous.

Had he been practising for three years before he won? (question)

Had the boys been playing volleyball for three hours before it got dark.

Had we been cleaning the house for more than an hour before you came.

Had Margaret not been sleeping the whole night yesterday.

Had it been snowing all night? (question)

Had Alex not been studying biology before he entered the college?

Answer 2

Certainly! Let's go through each sentence and correct the mistakes:

1. My cousin had been planting flowers for two hours yesterday. - Correction: Changed "planted" to "planting."

2. Jack had not written the essay all evening yesterday. - Correction: Added "not" after "had been."

3. They had been trying to phone her the whole evening. - Correction: Changed "being tried" to "trying."

4. How long had Peter been painting a landscape yesterday? - Correction: Moved "had been" before "painting."

5. Helen had been singing for more than an hour yesterday before we got tired. - Correction: Changed "have been" to "had been."

6. Who had been reading in your room from 3 to 4 o'clock yesterday? - Correction: Changed "read" to "reading."

Now, let's complete the sentences using Past Perfect Continuous:

7. He had been practicing for three years before he won? (question) 8. The boys had been playing volleyball for three hours before it got dark.

9. We had been cleaning the house for more than an hour before you came.

10. Margaret had not been sleeping the whole night yesterday.

11. Had it been snowing all night? (question)

12. Alex had not been studying biology before he entered college.

These corrections and completions should provide accurate usage of the Past Perfect Continuous tense in the given sentences.