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Past Perfect Continuous Tense образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be в форме Past Perfect (had been) и формы причастия настоящего времени смыслового глагола: I had been working, he had been working.
Отрицательная форма – I / he /she /we / you / they hadn’t been working
Вопросительная форма - Had I (he / she / we / you / they) been working?
СЛУЧАИ УПОТРЕБЛЕНИЯ:
Past Perfect Continuous употребляется для выражения длительного прошедшего действия, начавшегося ранее другого прошедшего действия, выраженного в Past Simple и еще происходившего в момент его совершения. При употреблении этого времени всегда указан период времени, в течение которого совершается действие.
Past Perfect Continuous употребляется с такими обозначениями времени, как for an hour (a month, a long time) в течение часа (месяца, долго времени), since yesterday со вчерашнего дня, since five o’clock с пяти часов и т.п.
It had been raining for two hours Дождь шел (уже) два часа, когда я
when I left home. вышел из дому.
We couldn’t go out because it Мы не могли выйти на улицу, потому
had been raining since early morning. что с раннего утра шел дождь.
УПРАЖНЕНИЯ
Упр. 44. Раскройте скобки. Употребите глаголы в Past Perfect Continuous.
1. After I (walk) for an hour, I decided to have a rest.
2. Mary could see that the child (cry) for some time.
3. I thought he needed some fresh air. He (sit) there reading all morning.
4. When I saw the mess my paper was in, it was obvious that someone read it.
5. She finally said: "Yes”. He (ask) her to marry him for years.
6. The manager went down with pneumonia. He (look) unwell for several days.
7. He went to see a doctor. He (feel ill) for several days.
8. His sister (live) in that place for 5 years when the war broke down.
9. Mrs Oliver said she (read) since morning the day before but actually she
(watch) her neighbors through binoculars.
10. She felt chilly after she (swim) for an hour and a half.
11. At last I found the book which I (look) for all day.
12. They (walk) along the street for half an hour when suddenly Nick stopped and said that he
had lost the key to the door.
13. John was running along the street. He (run) for twenty minutes without any rest.
14. When I entered the reading-room I saw my groupmates. They said they (work) there since
10 o’clock.
15. That was the factory where my father worked. He (work) there for fifteen years.
