PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.

Ответ (Past Perfect Continuous):

1. She had been working at the company for ten years before she decided to quit.
2. They had not been sleeping well because of the loud music.
3. Had he been studying French before he moved to Paris?
4. We had been walking for hours before we reached the village.
5. I had not been saving enough money before the trip.
6. They had been travelling around Europe for a month before coming home.
7. Had she been cooking when the guests arrived?
8. Had you been working out before you hurt your knee?
9. She had been painting the fence all morning.
10. I had not been reading the instructions before I started assembling the shelf.
11. He had been repairing the roof when it began to rain.
12. Had they been arguing before they made up?
13. Had you been driving long before the car broke down?
14. Had he been watching TV before he fell asleep?
15. They had been playing video games for hours before dinner arrived.

Как это работает:

• Утверждение: had + been + V-ing — для всех лиц.
• Отрицание: had not / hadn’t + been + V-ing.
• Вопрос: Had + подлежащее + been + V-ing? — вперёд выходит только had, а been остаётся после подлежащего.
• Past Perfect Continuous показывает действие, которое началось раньше другого прошедшего действия и продолжалось до него. Слова for hours, all morning, for ten years, before, when часто подсказывают такую длительность.

Проверка: после had всегда стоит been, а смысловой глагол — в форме -ing. В вопросах 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 поэтому сначала идёт Had. В №15 прямой порядок слов, потому что предложение начинается с They.

В №5 и №10 по смыслу о результате иногда возможен Past Perfect Simple (had not saved / had not read), но этот лист тренирует именно Past Perfect Continuous. Написание travelling — британское, traveling — американское.