Ex.16.In pairs, ask and answer questions.

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Ex.15. Ask questions using the questioning words in brackets.

1. They had been working on this project for 5 years before they finished it. (How long?)

2. My Mum had been working for this company for 15 years before she retired. (Who?)

3. I had been thinking of moving since September and then I got a promotion. (Since when?)

4. My friend had been trying hard to improve the situation but eventually she failed. (What?)

5. By seven o'clock last night she had already been typing for ten hours, so I told her to rest for a while. (By what time?)

1. They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived. – Had they been writing the report before Tony arrived? –No, they hadn't. They had been talking. How long had they been talking? – They had been talking for over an hour.

1. She had been working at that company for three years when it went out of business.

2. You had been waiting to get on the bus for 40 minutes.

3. Mike wanted to sit down because he had been standing all day at work.

4. James had been teaching at the university for more than a year before he leftfor Asia.

5. Jason was tired because he had been writing the course paper.

6. Sam gained weight because he had been overeating.

7. Betty failed the final test because she had not been attending classes.

8. He was tired because he had been exercising so hard.