Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous How long - (you/study) French before you (move) to France? (you/wait) to get on the bus? 3.I(not have)…
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous How long - (you/study) French before you (move) to France? (you/wait) to get on the bus? 3.I(not have) any money because I (lose) my purse. 4.I(try) to get through to her for months before she finally (answer) my email. 6. James (never/go) to the theatre before last night. (teach) at the university for more than a year before he (go) to Asia. 7. The old woman (want) to sit down because she (stand) for a long time. 8. They (feel) bad about selling the house because they than forty years. 9. We couldn't get a hotel room anywhere because we 10.We (have) that car for ten years before it (own) it for more (not/book) in advance. (break) down.
Here are the sentences with the correct verb forms in Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous:
- How long had you been studying French before you moved to France?
- Had you been waiting to get on the bus?
- I did not have any money because I had lost my purse.
- I had been trying to get through to her for months before she finally answered my email.
- James had never gone to the theatre before last night.
- The professor had been teaching at the university for more than a year before he went to Asia.
- The old woman wanted to sit down because she had been standing for a long time.
- They had felt bad about selling the house because they had owned it for more than forty years.
- We couldn't get a hotel room anywhere because we had not booked in advance.
- We had had that car for ten years before it broke down.
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