XII.When do we use the Present Perfect Continuous? Use the words in the box to complete the rules. (You won’t need all the words.)
past that moment going on no longer in progress future present
| The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
1. Inclusive – denotes an action which began before a definite moment in the …, continued up to … and was still … at that movement. It is used with: since, for.
2. Exclusive – denotes an action which was … … at a definite movement in the past, but which had been … … not long before.
Example № 1 corresponds with the rule № ….
1. They could not go out because it had been raining since early morning for three hours.
Example № 2 corresponds with the rule № ….
2. I sobbed a little still, but that was because I had been crying, not because I was crying then.
XIII.Put the verb in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous:
1. His order was the result of the ten years during which he (serve) in police.
2. ”I’m coming all right,” said the thief, who (shiver) for the last twenty minutes.
3. I realized that he had come away with me in order to discuss once more what he already (discuss) for hours with his solicitor.
4. She made no sign, but her very immobility told something. I went over to her and quickly discovered that she (weep).
5. They(study) French for ten years, before they went to France.
6. Before I went for a work, it (rain) for an hour.
7. I was late and when I entered the hall the professor (speak) already for half an hour.
8. I (learn)English at school for seven years and now I’m learning it at the University.
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