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PAST PERFECT and PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

CORRECÇÃO

Complete using the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.

(Por vezes ambas as formas são aceitáveis. Os verbos de acção prolongada estão
mais ligados ao Past Perfect Continuous.)

1. I asked him what he had been doing (do) all afternoon.

2. The old lady had already died (already / die) when the doctor arrived.

3. He had worked / had been working (work) in a factory for years before he

got this job.

4. I had been knocking (knock) for five minutes when he opened the door.

5. She went back to the shop because had left (leave) the wallet there.

6. She had been waiting / had waited (wait) for half an hour when the

secretary called her.

7. He was very angry because theyhad read / had been reading(read) his letter.

8. We had been standing (stand) at the bus stop for twenty minutes when the

bus came.

9. I couldn’t see the manager because I hadn’t made(not make) an appointment.

10. After we had packed (pack) our suitcases, we left the hotel.

11. I assured her I had turned off (turn off) the lights before I went to bed.

12. The farmers had been working / had worked (work) the land for nearly a

month when it began to rain.

13. I had nearly reached (nearly / reach) the gate when suddenly I heard a

cream.

14. A short time before we came, there had been (there to be) a quarrel.

15. The orchestra had been playing (play) for about ten minutes when I entered.

Profª Ana Sofia Secco