Question

30 БАЛЛОВ!!НУЖНО СРОЧНО!! Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect continuous (I had been doing) or past continuous (I was doing). Examples: Tom was leaning against the wall, out of breath. He had been running (run). I tried to catch Tom but I couldn’t. He was running (run) very fast. Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He …….. ...... (look)............................ for his cigarette lighter. 2. We ………. (walk) along the road for about 20 minutes when a car stopped and the driver offered us a lift. 3. When 1 arrived, everyone was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They ............................... (eat). 4. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table and talking. Their mouths were empty but their stomachs were full. They ………................................................................................. (eat) 5. When I arrived, Ann …….. (wait)for me. She was rather annoyed with me because I was late and she……… (wait) for a very long time.

Answer 1

1.Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He was looking for his cigarette lighter.
2. We had been walking along the road for about 20 minutes when a car stopped and the driver offered us a lift.
3. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They were eating.
4. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table and talking. Their mouths were empty but their stomachs were full. They had been eating.
5. When I arrived, Ann was waiting for me. She was rather annoyed with me because I was late and she had been waiting for a very long time.

Answer 2

1)was looking, 2)have walked, 3)were eating, 4)haven't eating, 5)was waiting, waited.

Answer 3

1. He had been looking for his cigarette lighter. 2. We had been walking along the road for about 20 minutes when a car stopped and the driver offered us a lift. 3. They had been eating when I arrived. 4. They had finished eating. 5. Ann had been waiting for me. She had been waiting for a very long time.

In the given sentences, the past perfect continuous form (had been + verb-ing) is used to describe an action that started before a certain point in the past and continued up until that point. The past continuous form (was/were + verb-ing) is used to describe an ongoing action in the past.