Употребление. Past Perfect Continuous употребляется:

Past Perfect Continuous употребляется:

1. для выражения длительного прошедшего действия, начавшегося ранее другого прошедшего действия, выраженного в Past Indefinite и еще происходившего в момент его совершения. Past Perfect Continuous (как и Present Perfect Continuous) употребляется, когда указан период времени, в течение которого действие уже совершалось, т. е. с такими обозначениями времени, как for two hours (в течение двух часов), for three months (в течение трех месяцев), for a long time (в течение долгого времени, долго, давно) и т. п.:

His sister had been living in Moscow for three years when the war broke out. – Его сестра жила в Москве уже три года, когда началась война.

Если бы в приведенных примерех не было указано, как долго совершалось действие, то вместо Past Perfect Continuous следовало бы употребить Past Continuous:

His sister was living in Moscow when the war broke out. – Его сестра жила в Москве, когда началась война.

2. также для выражения длительного прошедшего действия, которое закончилось непосредственно перед моментом наступления другого прошедшего действия. Период времени, в течение которого совершалось действие, может быть как указан, так и не указан:

He felt very tired when he came home as he had been playing football. – Он чувствовал себя очень усталым, когда пришел домой, так как играл в футбол.

Exercises

1. Make up the forms of the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Continuous. Are two forms always possible?

To feel, to save, to clap, to sit, to sing, to beg, to go, to proclaim, to announce, to bring, to seem, to steal, to understand, to build, to know, to put, to rise, to leave, to arrive, to live, to found, forgive.

A) Open the brackets using the Past Perfect Tense.

1. When he came home, his mother already (to cook) dinner. 2. When her husband entered her office, she already (to finish) her work for that day. 3. Jennifer sent him an email after he (to call). 4. Andy (to ask) his friend before he proposed him his help. 5. We ate a cake which I (to bring) an hour before. 6. My sister took my dress which I (to buy) in Morocco. 7. I worked on the computer yesterday which I (to buy) a week ago. 8. I knew that my friend (not yet to complete) the test in the university. 9. Nick and his wife (to come) home from the theatre by five o'clock. 10. They (to sell) their house before they bought the new one. 11. He told me that he (to buy) a new car. 12. Yesterday I woke up, opened my eyes and remembered what I (to do) the day before. 13. She said that she (to have) a great vacation trip. 14. You (to complete) the test by Friday? 15. I (not to have) a lunch by the afternoon, so I was very hungry.

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