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.Прошедшее совершенное продолженное время – The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
– прошедшее совершенное продолженное время описывает действие, которое началось в прошлом, продолжалось какой-то период и закончилось как раз к моменту речи о нем или все еще продолжалось при наступлении другого действия в прошлом.С этим временем часто употребляются следующие обстоятельства времени: for
–Образование Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Утвердительная форма – Subject + had + been + verb (-ing) + …
He had been looking for a job for months before he got one.
–Отрицательная форма – 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.
–Вопросительная форма – (Question word) + had + subject + been + verb (-ing) + …?
How long had you been going out with David before you split up?
–При ответе на вопрос, предполагающий ответ да
или нет, используются следующие шаблоны: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. –Упражнение 4