Ex. 14. Complete the sentences, putting the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous.

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Ex.13. Read the sentences and define the tense forms. Translate them into Ukrainian.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1. We had been sleeping for 12 hours when he woke us up.

2. They had been waiting at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.

3. We had been looking for her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.

4. I had not been walking for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain.

5. How long had she been learning English before she went to London?

6. Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he had been singing in the rain too long.

7. He had been driving less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.

8. They were very tired in the evening because they had been helping on the farm all day.

9. I had not been working all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the disco at night.

10. They had been cycling all day so their legs were sore in the evening.

1. The room was empty, but the television was still on. Someone_____(watch) it.

2. They _______(wait) long before the taxi arrived.

3. We_______ (try) to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.

4. It ________(rain) hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.

5. Her friends had been _____(think) of calling the police when she walked in.

6. They_____ (wait) at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.

7. Не looked very tired when I came to his place for he______(prepare) for his exams for several days.

8. They ______________ (shout) for a few hours before their parents arrived.

9. John was in a detention because he_______(misbehave).

10. I had to go on a diet because I ________(eat) too much sugar.

11. Jessica got sunburnt because she had been _____(lie) in the sun too long.

12. The boys ________(quarrel) for half an hour when we arrived home.

13. I ______(date) Angelina for 3 years before we got married.