6 Think of reasons for the situations below. Complete the sentences. Use the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.
6
Сверь числа и знаки с фото.
6
Think of reasons for the situations below. Complete the sentences. Use the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.
1 He was unhappy because ► he had failed his tests. 2 Our teacher was angry because ..... 3 She had a terrible headache because ..... 4 The children came back home very tired because ..... 5 She was late because ..... 6 They were wet because .....
Short answer — one possible version. The task is open-ended, so other logical reasons are also correct.
- He was unhappy because he had failed his tests. (given)
- Our teacher was angry because we hadn’t done our homework.
- She had a terrible headache because she had been staring at the screen all evening.
- The children came back home very tired because they had been playing football for two hours.
- She was late because she had missed the bus.
- They were wet because they had been walking in the rain.
How to choose the tense
- Past Perfect = a completed action before another past action: had failed, hadn’t done, had missed. The result matters.
- Past Perfect Continuous = an action that continued up to a past moment; the process or duration matters: had been staring, had been playing, had been walking. Words like all evening and for two hours are clues.
- The main sentence stays in the past simple, while the reason is one step earlier in the past.
Check: every reason contains had or hadn’t; items 3, 4 and 6 correctly use had been + -ing because they emphasise the process.
Обсуждение
2 сообщенияс переводом
Вот тот же вариант с переводом:
He was unhappy because he had failed his tests.
Он был расстроен, потому что завалил контрольные работы.Our teacher was angry because we hadn’t done our homework.
Наш учитель был зол, потому что мы не сделали домашнее задание.She had a terrible headache because she had been staring at the screen all evening.
У неё ужасно болела голова, потому что она весь вечер не отрывалась от экрана.The children came back home very tired because they had been playing football for two hours.
Дети вернулись домой очень уставшими, потому что играли в футбол два часа.She was late because she had missed the bus.
Она опоздала, потому что пропустила автобус.They were wet because they had been walking in the rain.
Они промокли, потому что гуляли под дождём.
Это один из возможных вариантов: причины можно придумать и другие, главное — правильно использовать Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous.
