1. Complete the sentences using the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
Example: ... before we came from the supermarket. Liz/ to clean/the flat/for two hours.
– Liz had been cleaning the flat for two hours before we came from the supermarket.
1) ... before Tom came to the court. Helen/to play/tennis/for an hour and a half.
2) ... before he retired. Mr Black/to work /as a lawyer/for twenty-five years.
3) ... when the bus arrived. We/ to wait/for forty minutes.
4) Sheila looked tired because ... . She/to sew/a dress/for her little daughter/all
day.
5) Before Jack got to level four ...... He/to play/the same game/for three hours.
6) Mike's neighbours were angry because ... . He/to listen/to loud music /for
four hours/yesterday evening.
7) Everybody was very hungry because ... . They/to work/all day/without/a break for lunch.
8) ... when suddenly the car broke down. We/ to drive/for five hours.
9) ... before the plane landed in the airport late in the evening yesterday. They/to fly/for six hours.
10) ... since Easter, Alex and Den/to prepare/for the exams.
1. Доповніть речення, використовуючи Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
Приклад: ... до того, як ми прийшли з супермаркету. Ліз/ прибирати/квартиру/на дві години.
– Ліз прибирала квартиру дві години до того, як ми прийшли з супермаркету.
1) ... до того, як Том прийшов до суду. Хелен/грати/теніс/півтори години.
2) ... до виходу на пенсію. Містер Блек/працювати /адвокатом/двадцять п’ять років.
3) ...коли приїхав автобус. Нам / чекати / сорок хвилин.
4) Шейла виглядала втомленою, тому що ... . Їй/пошити/сукню/доньці/всі
день.
5) Перш ніж Джек досяг четвертого рівня ...... Він / грати / в ту саму гру / протягом трьох годин.
6) Сусіди Майка розсердилися, бо ... . Він/слухати/голосну музику/за
чотири години/вчора ввечері.
7) Усі були дуже голодні, тому що ... . Вони/на роботу/цілий день/без/перерви на обід.
8) ... коли раптом машина зламалася. Ми/ їхати/п’ять годин.
9) ... до того, як літак приземлився в аеропорту вчора пізно ввечері. Вони/літати/шість годин.
10) ... з Великодня, Олексій і День/готуватися/до іспитів.
4. Перекладіть англійською.
а) Я чекала його вже 40 хвилин, коли він нарешті прийшов.
б) Кли вони прийшли на вечірку, всі гості розішлись по будинкам.
в) Оля не сказала мені, що минулого вівторка вона бачилась з моїм братом. г) Виявилось, вона працювала вже чотири години, перед тим як керівник
помітив її.
д) Майк вже навчився читати, коли йому виповнилося 5 років.
е) Дівчина була вся мокрою. Напевно, вона плавала.
ж) До кінця року народ обрав нового президента.
a) I had been waiting for him for 40 minutes when he finally came.
b) When they came to the party, all the guests went home.
c) Olya didn't tell me that she saw my brother last Tuesday. d) It turned out that she had been working for four hours before being the head
noticed her.
e) Mike learned to read when he was 5 years old. f) The girl was all wet. She must have been swimming.
g) By the end of the year, the people elected a new president.
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a) I had been waiting for him for 40 minutes when he finally arrived.
b) When they arrived at the party, all the guests had gone home.
c) Olga didn't tell me that she had seen my brother last Tuesday.
d) It turned out that she had been working for four hours before the supervisor
noticed her.
e) Mike had already learned to read when he turned five. f) The girl was all wet. She must have been swimming.
g) Before the end of the year the people had elected a new president.
a) I had been waiting for him for 40 minutes, when he finally came.
b) When they came to the party, all the guests went home.
c) Olya did not tell me that last Tuesday she saw my brother.
d) It turned out that she had already been working four hours before the manager
noticed her.
e) Mike had already learned to read when he was five years old.
f) The girl was all wet. She probably swam.
g) By the end of the year, the people have elected a new president.
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
3. Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, или Present Perfect Continuous. Настоящее простое, Настоящее продолжительное, Настоящее совершенное или Настоящее совершенное непрерывное.
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