Question

4 Complete the dialogue using the post perfect continuous. Write in your
notebook
A) Had you been waiting (you/wait) long at the cate botore you got my
message?
B: No.12) (only/sit) there for five minutes. So why did you want to meet
at the park instead?
A Well, I thought the weather was too nice to sit inside. And I needed
fresh air because 13). (revise) for my exams until just an hour ago
B: I know what you mean.14) ... (read) my course books for hours last nigh
then I got a headache. Anyway, how was your History exam this afterno
A: Not great.15) (study) hard for it all week, but I still wasn't prepared en
B: What do you mean?
A: Well
, 6) (expect) some questions on the French Revolution, bu
weren't any. I revised the wrong topic.
B: Oh no! That's a pity.​

Answer 1

Răspuns:

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A: Had you been waiting long at the gate before you got my message?

B: No. I had only been sitting there for five minutes. So why did you want to meet at the park instead?

A: Well, I thought the weather was too nice to sit inside. And I needed fresh air because I had been revising for my exams until just an hour ago.

B: I know what you mean. I had been reading my course books for hours last night, then I got a headache. Anyway, how was your History exam this afternoon?

A: Not great. I had been studying hard for it all week, but I still wasn't prepared enough.

B: What do you mean?

A: Well, I had been expecting some questions on the French Revolution, but weren't any. I revised the wrong topic.

B: Oh no! That's a pity.​

Explicație:

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Timpul past perfect continuous (numit și past perfect progressive) exprimă o acțiune care a început și a continuat până într-un alt moment desfășurat în trecut. În limba română se traduce prin mai-mult-ca-perfect.

Past Perfect Continuous se formează astfel:

• had + been + present participle (terminația în -ing):

He had been working with us until he left.

El lucrase cu noi până a plecat.

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