№1
1. Раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в Past Perfect Continuous.
Sally ___________ (type) this text for 3 hours before Mark came.
Anthony _________ (wait) for his airplane for 3 hours when its delay was announced.
I saw many huge puddles. ______ it_______ (rain) hard?
Sam did not even realize what a hard time Molly ______ (have).
Rita _______ (train) for a year and she was very fit when her ex-boyfriend met her.
Rachel’s husband _________ (fix) the car since early morning.
Paul and Molly ___________ (talk) on the phone for an hour when the line broke.
How long ____________ you_________ (watch) TV before you decided to go to bed?
Steven felt tired as he __________ (sail) for several hours.
Zina __________ (try) to find her mother for years but she failed.
2. Составьте предложения.
went / Kate / it / for five years / had / for that company / working / when / been / out of business.
all day / Mark / to sit down / wanted / he / because / had /standing / been / at work.
teaching / a year / Jack / had / than / he / for / been / more / before / at the university / left for Asia.
long / studying / How / moved / you / been / Japanese / before / had / you / to Tokyо
3. Переведите на английский.
Джонни выглядел уставшим, так как он пробежал большую дистанцию.
Хелен набрала лишний вес, так как в последнее время она переедала.
Лиза провалила тест, так как не готовилась к нему и не посещала занятия.
Алекс был уставшим, потому что он много упражнялся.
Она долго плакала прежде чем успокоится.
4. Ответьте, используя Past Perfect Continuous.
HOW LOHG HAD
1 … it been snowing when you left the old house? (for 4 hours)
2 … Eton been working before he retired? (for 20 years)
3 … Mike been living there when Janet moved in? (for a fortnight)
4 … they been studying German before they finaly went to Berlin? (for 5 years)
5 …the authors been working on the novel before they sent it to a publisher? (for 2 years).
6 … Pele been playing football before he took part in that championship? (for 6 years)
7 … the students been listening attentively to the dialog before they could understand the basic meaning? (for an hour)
8 … the children been walking before the granny called them? (for 2 hours)
5. Make up sentences.
The old lecturer began to speak up. After a few minutes the dean came in.
The old lecturer __________ for a few minutes when ________________.
After half an hour of waiting Larry realized that he had been mistaken about the address.
Larry ______________________ when _____________________.
My father-in-law went to America in 1943. Two years later, the war ended.
My father-in-law ________________ when____________________.
№2
1. Поставьте глаголы из скобок в форму Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous.
Julia wanted to sit down as she ... (stand) at work all day long. (Джулия хотела присесть, потому что она весь день на работе стояла на ногах.)
She ... (learn) “Eugene Onegin” by the autumn. (К осени она выучила «Евгения Онегина».)
The rain stopped but there were a lot of puddles because it ... (rain) cats and dogs. (Дождь прекратился, но было много луж, потому что лило как из ведра.)
Olivia and Victor ... (chat) via Skype for an hour when the connection broke. (Оливия и Виктор беседовали по скайпу в течение часа, когда связь прервалась.)
They ... (decorate) the New Year tree before the children arrived. (Они украсили новогоднюю елку до того, как прибыли дети.)
Bob ... (eat up) all the muffins by lunchtime. (Боб съел все маффины к обеду.)
My sister ... (do) the laundry since early morning. (Моя сестра занималась стиркой с самого раннего утра.)
I knew that our parents ... (grow) melons in their greenhouse since they bought the house. (Я знал, что наши родители выращивали дыни в теплице с тех пор, как купили дом.)
He ... (loose) much weight by the end of the year. (Он сильно похудел к концу года.)
Brown understood the problems of his agency because he ... (work) for it since 2005. (Мистер Браун понимал все проблемы своего агентства, поскольку работал в нем с 2005 года.)
2. В каждой паре предложений поставьте глагол в одной из форм: Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous.
to listen
My head hurt because I ... to music for three hours. – I knew the names of the robbers because I ... to the news on TV.
to build
They ... a new school for six months when there was an earthquake. – They ... a new block of flats by December.
to fly
By the time the sun went down the couple ... over the Pacific ocean for five hours. – By the time the sun went down the couple ... more than 500 km over the Pacific ocean.