(PAEL) Lengua Extranjera II

Topic: Past Perfect Continuous

Activity 1: Watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2NeHh6ntT0

Activity 2: Read the grammar reference

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfectcontinuous.html

Activity 3: Answer the activity

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect progressive).

had been sleep

1. We (sleep)   for 12 hours when he woke us up.
2. They (wait) had been waiting at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally
arrived.
3. We (look for) had been looking for her ring for two hours and then we found it in the
bathroom.
4. I (not / walk) had not been walking for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain.
5. How long (learn / she) had she been learning English before she went to London?
6. Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he (sing) had been singing in the rain too long.
7. He (drive) had been driving less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.
8. They were very tired in the evening because they (help) had been helping on the farm
all day.
9. I (not / work) had not been working all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the disco at
night.
10. They (cycle) had been cycling all day so their legs were sore in the evening.
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Activity 4: Answer the quiz

Complete the sentences in the Past Perfect Progressive.

1. Laura needed a break because she (study) had been studying all morning.

2. Lorraine (learn) had been learnig English for 12 years before she moved to England.
3. I did not go out last night because I (work) had been working all day.
4. Orla felt fit for the marathon because she (train) had been training a lot.
5. When I went to see Ms Winter, her secretary told me that she (speak) had been
speaking on the phone for two hours.
6. You got sick because you (eat) had been eating the whole time.

7. The musician (live) had been living in this town for ten years when he became
director of the opera house.
8. We (go) had been going out with each other for two years before I met his family.
9. The passengers (wait) had been waiting for four hours before the ground staff could
finally give them information on the delay of their flight.
10. I (drive) had been driving in the wrong direction for an hour before I noticed my
mistake.