Раскройте скобки, употребляя Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous.
1 The program she … (to watch) for some time suddenly stopped. 2. How long … (the Smallwoods / to look) for the house before they found the one they really liked? 3. Pete … (not / to decide) anything by Wednesday though we … (to discuss) the situation long enough. 4. We met at the Ritz. She … (to work) there since the beginning of the year. 5. I … (to call) Nick several times before I finally got through. 6. The child’s curiosity annoyed me. He … (to ask) me questions all day! He … (to ask) me ten questions just for the last half an hour. 7. The man who … (to follow) me all the way turned out to be a policeman. 8. The boy was exhausted. He … (not / to eat) for three days. 9. By the time the police found the burglar he … (to hide) in the attic for three weeks. 10. The dress she … (to put on) looked wonderful.
Explanation: We use Past Perfect Continuous to show that an action had been going on for a period of time before another action took place. In this sentence, the action of watching the program started in the past and continued up until the moment it suddenly stopped.
2. How long had the Smallwoods been looking for the house before they found the one they really liked?
Explanation: Similar to the previous sentence, we use Past Perfect Continuous to show that the Smallwoods had been searching for a house for a period of time before they finally found the one they liked.
3. Pete hadn't decided anything by Wednesday, though we had been discussing the situation long enough.
Explanation: Here, we use Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous to show that Pete had not made a decision by Wednesday, despite the fact that we had been discussing the situation for a long time leading up to that point.
4. We met at the Ritz. She had been working there since the beginning of the year.
Explanation: In this sentence, we use Past Perfect Continuous to show that she had been working at the Ritz since the beginning of the year. This emphasizes the duration or continuity of the action.
5. I had called Nick several times before I finally got through.
Explanation: Here, we use Past Perfect to show that the action of calling Nick had already taken place before the moment of finally getting through to him.
6. The child's curiosity annoyed me. He had been asking me questions all day! He had asked me ten questions just in the last half an hour.
Explanation: In this sentence, we use Past Perfect Continuous to show that the child's action of asking questions had been happening continuously throughout the day, and we use Past Perfect to show the action of asking ten questions had occurred before the present moment mentioned.
7. The man who had been following me all the way turned out to be a policeman.
Explanation: We use Past Perfect Continuous to show that the man's action of following had been happening continuously until it was revealed that he was a policeman.
8. The boy was exhausted. He hadn't eaten for three days.
Explanation: In this sentence, we use Past Perfect to show that the boy's action of not eating had taken place in the past, specifically for a period of three days leading up to the present moment mentioned.
9. By the time the police found the burglar, he had been hiding in the attic for three weeks.
Explanation: Here, we use Past Perfect Continuous to show that the action of hiding had been taking place continuously in the past for a duration of three weeks before the police found the burglar.
10. The dress she had put on looked wonderful.
Explanation: In this sentence, we use Past Perfect to show that the action of putting on the dress had already occurred before the present moment mentioned.