Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using the Past Perfect Continuous or the Past
Perfect.
Example:
We _____________ there since 1980, you know. (to stay) – We had been staying there since 1980, you know.
He had married her two years before we met. (to marry) – He had married her two years before we met.
1. When the student revolution came, I _____________ there for 6 months. (to work)
2. Before Jim finally decided to go to Thailand, he _____________ about it for months. (to think)
3. They _____________ all the chocolate cake by the time Michael got to the party. (to eat)
4. I ______________ Scarlet Johansson on three previous occasions. Lucky me! (to meet)
5. The forensic evidence shows that he _____________ his nose just before he was murdered. (to pick)
6. When the doctor told him his liver was seriously bad, he _____________ hamburgers for a month. (to eat)
7. Prior to the explosion, the fat man _____________ seven large chocolate cakes. (to eat)
8. When they cancelled the flight to Alicante, the storm _____________ all afternoon with no sign of abating. (to rage)
Ответы
1.Had been working
2.Had thinked
3.had been eating
4.Had met
5.Had been picking
6.Had been eating
7.Had ate
8.Had been raging