1. He is a good player, because he (to play
) chess since he was five. 2. My brother (to play) computer games for 3 hours. 3. You (to work) as a computer programmer for more than fifteen years. 4. I (to listen) to you very carefully. 5. We can’t see paths in the garden, because it (to snow) heavily during the whole night. 6. The wind (to blow) since yesterday. 7. He (not to take) his medicine for the last week. 8. He (to write) his summary since the lecture began. 9. My grandfather (to collect) coins since he was a boy. 10. I (to buy) food here since I came to this town. 11. We (to save) the money for a holiday for a year. 12. Andy and Den (to discuss) the plans for their winter holidays for two hours now. 13. The states of the roads are very bad here, though they (to repair) them for the last few years.Минулий досконалий продовжений час – The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
– минулий досконалий продовжений час описує дію, яка почалася в минулому, тривала якийсь період і закінчилася якраз до моменту мови про неї або все ще тривала при настанні іншої дії в минулому.З цим часом часто вживаються такі обставини часу: for
–Утворювання Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Розмовне речення – Subject + had + been + verb (-ing) + …
He had been looking for a job for months before he got one.
–Заперечне речення – Subject + had + not + been + verb (-ing) + …
My sister hadn’t been waiting long at the airport when they announced about the delay of her flight.
–Питальне речення – (Question word) + had + subject + been + verb (-ing) + …?
How long had you been going out with David before you split up?
–При відповіді на питання, що передбачає відповідь так
чи ні, використовуються наступні шаблони:Had he been working since 4 o’clock yesterday in the garden?
– Yes, he had. –Had they been writing an essay for two hours?
– Yes, they had. –Вправа 4
1. My sister (to practise
) for two months before that concert. 2. It (to snow) for five hours before the weather changed. 3. Where Robert (to work) since 4 o’clock yesterday? – He (to fix) a fence in the garden. 4. The boys (to fish) for three hours before Tom caught the first fish. 5. Betty and Jane (to argue) for half an hour when their parents returned home. 6. What Wendy (to do