اللغة الإنجليزية فصل أول

المواد المشتركة توجيهي

icon
الشرحالملخصأوراق العملحل اسئلة الدرسالنتاجات

  Grammar: The past perfect continuous 

Student's book page 19, exercises 5+6+7

5 Complete the sentences, using the Past Perfect Continuous form of the verbs in bracket. 

   1.  A: When I saw you yesterday, you looked really tired.

             B: Yes, I had been running for half an hour. (run)

  2. My mother lost her purse yesterday. She had been shopping in the market; she must have put it down somewhere and left it there. (shop)

     3. I made my mother a cup of tea. She was hot and tired; she had been cooking all afternoon for a special family dinner. (cook)

 6 Complete the sentences by choosing the correct verb forms.

Hind (1) has / had been working very hard for several weeks before she did her final exams. When the results were published, she was delighted to learn that she (2) has / had passed. She (3) has / had done extremely well. She (4) phoned / had phoned her parents from the college. They (5) were / had been waiting for her call all morning. When she arrived home an hour later, there was a surprise for her. For several weeks, her parents (6) planned / had been planning a special weekend away to the Jerash Festival. They (7) have / had managed to make it a surprise for Hind, even though they (8) were / had been using the family computer to make all the arrangements! Hind was delighted. She (9) has / had been talking about the Jerash Festival for months; and now the whole family was going! It was a wonderful graduation present.

 

   Speaking

 7 Work in pairs. Use the time periods in the box to talk about things you had been doing.

              by 5 a.m. this morning  - by the time I was ten - by the time my friend phoned me         .

  I had been sleeping for five hours by 5 a.m this morning,

 By the time I was ten, I had been playing the piano for five years,

 By the time my friend phoned me, I had been studying for three hours,