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Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
we arrived
now
When I met her she was very tired, because she had been washing all day
Bizonyos igknl, mint a Present Perfect Continuous s Present Perfect
Simple esetben is mindkt igeid kifejezheti ugyanazt a gondolatot.
PPST: She had lived in New York for 2 years before she moved to Chicago.
PPCT:She had been living in New York for 2 years before she moved to
Chicago.
Mijndkt mondat jelentse ugyanaz. Vagy
PPST: It hadnt snowed for a week before I went to holiday.
PPCT: It hadnt been snowing for a week before I went to holiday.
A hossz ideje tart llapotot simple mg az ideiglenes llapotot vagyis
a rvidebb ideje tartt continuous igealakkal fejezzk ki.
Pl: That ground had stood there empty for fifty years before they finally
built a shop on it.
I had been sitting there for an hour before she finally arrived.
Pldk a klnbsgekre:
PPCT: When he woke up the rooster had been crowing for half an hour.
Mikor flbredt a kakas mr flrja kukorkolt.
PPST:When he woke up the girl had already left the room.
Mikor flbredt a leny mr kiment a szobbl.
PPCT: She had been typing for 10 minutes when she realised that there
was no paper in the typewriter.
Mr 10 perce gpelt mikor szrevette, hogy nincs papr a gpben.
PPST:When her boss arrived the girl had already typed the letter.
Mire a fnke megrkezett a leny mr legpelte a levelet.
Exercises:
1. Mr egy fl rja vrtam mikor vgre megrkezett.
2. Tegnap este nagyon fradt volt mert egsz nap kemnyen dolgozott.
3. Amikor te megbredtl mr kt rja volt, hogy jtszottunk.
4. A kutya tz percig ugatott amikor vgre kiment, hogy megnzze mi a
baj.
5. Amikor megismertem mr kt ve New Yorkban laktak.
6. Mr fl rja nekelt amikor n hazarkeztem.
7. Elaludtam mert a tegnap egsz nap dolgoztam.
8. Mg csak tz perce tncoltak amikor jabb vendgek rkeztek.
9. Kt perce volt, hogy nekifogtam frdni, amikor megszlalt a telefon.
10. Amikor vgre belptek a vendglbe, abartaik mr 15 perce vrtak
rjuk.
11. Mr flrja beszltek telefonon, amikor vgre szrevette, hogy
megrkeztem
12. Mg csak egy flrja vezetett amikor a baleset trtnt.
13. Mr egy hnapja keresett egy j munkahelyet amikor vgre tallt
egyet.
14. Mennyi ideig dolgoztl Pesten mieltt hazajttl?
15. Hetekig nem esett az es amikor kitrt a vihar.
16.Vizesek az utak pedig egy hnapja nem esett az es.
2. Put the verbs in parentheses in the past simple, past continuous, past
perfect, or past perfect continuous.
When John (1) ......................... (get) home, he (2) .........................
(find) that someone (3) ......................... (break) the lock on his front
door. He (4) ............................ (rush) into the house just as a young
man (5) ............................. (climb) out of the living-room window. He
(6) .............................. (try) to catch him, but wasnt quick enough.
Luckily, the robber (7) ............................ (not take) anything. He
(8) .............................. (try) to disconnect the VCR when John
(9) ............................. (interrupt) him. He (10) .........................
(call) the police and then, while he (11) ......................... (make) himself
a cup of coffee, he told his wife what (12) .......................... (happen).
Exercise 13
I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early
because the show started at 8:00. I ......................... (try) to get tickets
for that play for months, and I didn't want to miss it. By the time I
finally ......................... (leave) the coffee shop where we were supposed
to meet, I ......................... (have) five cups of coffee and
I ......................... (wait) over an hour. I had to leave because
I ......................... (arrange) to meet Kathy in front of the theater.
When I arrived at the theater, Kathy ......................... (pick, already) up
the tickets and she was waiting for us near the entrance. She was really
angry because she ......................... (wait) for more than half an hour.
She said she ......................... (give, almost) up and .........................
(go) into the theater without us.
Kathy told me you ......................... (be) late several times in the past
and that she would not make plans with you again in the future. She
mentioned that she ......................... (miss) several movies because of
your late arrivals. I think you owe her an apology. And in the future, I
suggest you be on time!