The Past Perfect Continuous We use the Past

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The Past Perfect Continuous We use the Past Perfect Continuous to talk about: •

The Past Perfect Continuous We use the Past Perfect Continuous to talk about: • One action in the past lasted for some time before another past action: I had been teaching at that school for some time before I met you. • One action that lasted for some time in the past had an effect on a following action or state: He knew the city very well because he had been working as a taxi driver for ages.

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense + ? had been + Ving hadn’t been +

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense + ? had been + Ving hadn’t been + Ving Had + been Ving Time Markers: before, all day, still, how long, until.

Put the verb in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous: 1. You (to wait)

Put the verb in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous: 1. You (to wait) for half an hour before the taxi came. 2. (I to have a rest) at the sanatorium for two weeks when the doctor arrived. 3. We (to work) in the garden for some hours when it began to rain. 4. She (to live) in the mountains for a month when a telegram came from her mother. 5. We (to walk) for two hours when we saw a lake in the distance. 6. I (to work) at my English for about three hours when my friend came. 7. By the time she (to study) English for five years. 8. She rose from the bench where she (to sit) for half an hour.

Make up sentences according to the model: Model: We began playing volleyball. After an

Make up sentences according to the model: Model: We began playing volleyball. After an hour it began raining. We had been playing volleyball for an hour when it began raining. 1. The scientist worked at the experiment. After a year the problem was solved. The scientist … for a year … when …. 2. We packed our things. After two hours it was time to go to the railway station. We … when it …. 3. The young man worked at the laboratory. After two years he decided to enter the university. The young man … when he …. 4. The members of the expedition made preparations. After some months they started for the North. The members … when they ….

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Ссылки на изображения: 1. http: //u 4 ienglish. ru/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Perf-Cont. jpg 2. http: //busyteacher. org/uploads/posts/2010 -09/1283676853_past -perfect-continuous-screenshot. jpg 3. http: //englishfull. ru/wpcontent/uploads/2014/12/past_perfect_pr ogressive_tense. png Список использованной литературы: 1. Н. Л. Утевская: Грамматика английского языка. Санкт. Петербург, 2012 год.