Question

II.Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous Tense. 1.They were exhausted because they ______________ (play ) chess all day. 2.Emily ___________(write ) five letters by lunchtime. 3.He ___________(iron ) all morning when his wife arrive. 4.By the time we joined them they ________(already/ order ) their meal. 5.The baby __________( cry) for half an hour before it finally fell asleep. 6.The children___________(wait ) for an hour when the school bus arrived. 7.The burglar __________(get away) by the time the police arrived. 8.She ________(dig) in the garden for three hours when she stopped for a break. 9.They ________(drive ) for two hours before they finally reached their destination.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1.They were exhausted because they had been playing chess all day.

2.Emily had written five letters by lunchtime.

3.He had been ironing all morning when his wife arrive.

4.By the time we joined them they had already ordered their meal.

5.The baby had been crying for half an hour before it finally fell asleep.

6.The children had been waiting for an hour when the school bus arrived.

7.The burglar had got away by the time the police arrived.

8.She had been digging in the garden for three hours when she stopped for a break.

9.They had been driving for two hours before they finally reached their

destination.

Объяснение:

Answer 2

1. They were exhausted because they had been playing chess all day. 2. Emily had written five letters by lunchtime. 3. He had been ironing all morning when his wife arrived. 4. By the time we joined them, they had already ordered their meal. 5. The baby had been crying for half an hour before it finally fell asleep. 6. The children had been waiting for an hour when the school bus arrived. 7. The burglar had gotten away by the time the police arrived. 8. She had been digging in the garden for three hours when she stopped for a break. 9. They had been driving for two hours before they finally reached their destination.

In these sentences, the Past Perfect tense and the Past Perfect Continuous tense are used to describe actions that happened before a certain point in the past. The Past Perfect tense is used to show that an action was completed before another action or point in time in the past, while the Past Perfect Continuous tense is used to show that an action was ongoing or in progress before another action or point in time in the past.