PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS CONSTRAST WITH PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS CONSTRAST WITH PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT CONTRAST WITH PRESENT PERFECT

A. El Past Perfect Continuous se refiere a acciones que estaban ocurriendo antes de un momento en el pasado que marca su fin. Sin embargo, en el Past Continuous
la acción continúa después de ese momento.
 My books were on the desk because I had been studying. (ya había acabado de estudiar)
 My books were on the desk because I was studying. (seguía estudiando)
B. El Past Perfect se refiere solo a acontecimientos pasados, mientras que el Present Perfect tiene relación con el presente.
 I hadn’t been to Geneva until my visit last April. (hasta ese momento)
 I haven’t been to Geneva yet. (no conozco Ginebra aún)
 She had been learning English before she went to London. (dejó de estudiar inglés cuando fue a Londres)
 She has been learning English for the last year. (todavía está en ello)
C. Siempre que una frase empieza en pasado, continúa en Past Perfect, no en Present Perfect.
 I realised that we had stayed too long.
 We wondered who had been living in that old house.
 Fill in the Past Perfect Continuous or Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1. We looked outside, where heavy rain……………………………………………..……………………………………………………………(still / fall).
2. I ………………………………………………………………………………………….………….(lie) on the sofa when suddenly the doorbell rang.
3. I could see she……………………………………………………………………………………..…………..(cry) because her eyes were red.
4. Five minutes after we arrived, john got a phone call. By two o’clock he ………….……………………………….(talk) on the phone for over an hour.
5. The woman was standing impatiently at the corner. She……………………..…………………………………………..(wait) for someone for 20 minutes.
6. By the time a doctor came, the child………………………………………….………………………………………….(scream) for an hour.
7. We could see he ……………………………………………………………………………………..………………….(rest) so we didn’t disturb him.
8. The painters…………………………………………………………………………………..………….(still paint) the walls when Jim came home.
 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Recently, doctors……………………………………………………………………(warn) us not to spend too much time in the sun.
2. After we………………………………………………….……..(spend) the day at the beach, we …………….……………………….(walk) back to the youth hostel.
3. After engineers……………………………………………….(develop) CDs, most companies ………………………………………………..(stop) producing records.
4. After we………………………………………………………..…..(visit) one island, we………………..………………………………(take ) a boat back to another one.
5. Picasso …………………………………………………………………………(begin) painting early in the 20th century.
6. Over the last 10 years, communications…………………………………………………………………………………….(improve) a lot.
7. When the headmaster…………………………………..………………(arrive), the pupils…………………………………………………..(sit) at their desks, working.
8. Yesterday, the lawyers…………………………….(manage) to prove that the wife…………………………………………(plan) her husband’s murder for over
a year.
9. They…………………………………………………….…………(build) the new youth centre in our town for the last four years and it still isn’t finished.
10. By the time their parents………………………………………..(arrive) at the pool, the children……………………….……………………(learn) how to swim.
11. Tom and Diane seem very happy together. How long……………………..………they………………………..………………(know) each other?
12. You look exhausted. How long……………………………………………….……..you…………………………………………….…………….(work)?
 Can you correct the mistakes

1. We had finished our work and we’re going home now. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. After he was playing with the children, he put them in bed. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I was excited because I have just won the lottery. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. When he had seen the thief, he shouted for help. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. When you finally called, I have been waiting for two hours. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. The song was familiar. I heard it before. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. I wondered who has recommended this film. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. He was tired because he has been cooking all day. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
 Translate
1. Había leído el libro cuando vi la película. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Había pensado que mi inglés era horrible hasta que fui a Inglaterra. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Cuando la vi, me di cuenta de que había estado llorando. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Ella no podía encontrar su libro porque los niños se lo habían llevado. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. La obra había empezado cuando llegamos al teatro. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. En cuanto aprobó el examen de conducir, se compró un coche. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Llevaban jugando al fútbol una hora cuando uno de sus jugadores se lesionó. ……………………………………………………………………………
8. Llevaba trabajando 27 años cuando se jubiló. ………………………………………………………………………………………….

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