Question

Choose the correct verb for each sentence and write it in the past perfect continuous.
walkclimbwaitnot paytry
I arrived late. They .....for 2 hours.
They ...for half an hour before they realised they’d left the picnic at the hotel.
Our teacher got very impatient with Thomas because he ...attention at all that day.
We ...to get tickets all afternoon, but the match was sold out by noon.
They looked exhausted when I saw them at the top. How long ...they. ... ?

Answer 1

Răspuns:

______

• had been waiting
• had been walking
• had not been paying
• had been trying
• had (they) been climbing

Explicație:

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1. I arrived late. They had been waiting for 2 hours.

2. They had been walking for half an hour before they realised they’d left the picnic at the hotel.

3. Our teacher got very impatient with Thomas because he had not been paying attention at all that day.

4. We had been trying to get tickets all afternoon, but the match was sold out by noon.

5. They looked exhausted when I saw them at the top. How long had they been climbing?

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