We use the Past Perfect Continuous:

We use the Past Perfect Continuous:

1) We use it to look back at a situation in progress.

We had been thinking about buying a new house but then we decided to stay here.

2) We use it to say what had been happening before something else happened.

We had been playing tennis for only a few minutes when it started raining.

3) We use it when reporting things said in the past.

She said she had been trying to call me all day.

They said they had been shopping.

1. Make 10 sentences following the example below. Keep the nouns unchanged.

A: When you met him had he just started following her?

B: No, he'd been following her for some time.

When you met him had he just started...

1. receiving stolen goods?

2. selling information?

3. stealing the petty cash?

4. photographing the secret documents?

5. forging his employer's signature?

6. cooking the books?

7. avoiding income tax?

8. drinking?

9. taking drugs?

10. following you about?

11. watching the house?

12. opening her mail?

13. recording your conversation? (Use my in the answer.)

14. threatening his tenants?

15. gambling?

16. losing money?

17. telling lies?

18. betting heavily?

19. cheating customers?

20. going downhill?

2. Please, match

The ground was wet.	a) Somebody had been smoking.
She was carrying lots of bags	b) He had been working on it for years.
They were dirty	c) The children had been cooking.
She had red eyes	d) They had been playing football in the mud.
He got sacked.	e) He hadn’t been working at all.
The kitchen was a terrible mess.	f) She had been crying again.
They were very tired when they arrived.	g) She had been shopping
It smelled of cigarettes	h) They had been driving for ten years.
He was happy when it was finished.	i) It had been raining

3. Please, finish the sentence using Past Perfect Continuous

1. She was very tired
2. They finally passed the exam
3. Jill wasn’t hungry
4. The snow was very deep
5. They had been jogging for 2 hours
6. Andrew had been working very hard
7. She had been reading for a long while,
8. We had been decorating our Christmas tree

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