Question

Grammar in use

Past perfect vs Past perfect continuous


4 ★ Put the verbs in bold into the past simple, the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.


1 A: Jack looked (look) so sad yesterday.

B: Yes, I know. Someone...... (just/steal) his bike.

2 A: .......(they/find) the man guilty yesterday?

B: No, the police....... (not/collect) enough evidence against him.

3 A: I (see) your dad on TV last night. He was a great detective!

B: Yes, he (work) for the police for 25 years before he retired.

4 A: .......(the police/arrive) soon?

B: Actually, no. We ......(wait) for half an hour before they turned up.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. A: Jack looked so sad yesterday.

B: Yes, I know. Someone had just stolen

his bike.

2: A: Did they find the man guilty

yesterday?

B: No, the police hadn't collected

enough evidence against him.

3. A: I saw your dad on TV last night. He

was a great detective!

B: Yes, he had been working for the

police for 25 years before he retired.

4. A: Did the police arrive soon?

B: Actually, no. We had been waiting for

half an hour before they turned up.