Упражнения: Past Perfect / Past Perfect Continuous

1. How many actions happened in the past? Two One
2. Did both actions happen at the same time? Yes No
3. Did one action happen before the other? Yes No
4. Which action happened first? Maria left. Philipp arrived.

Sarah had a terrible day today. It started badly and got even worse. She woke up late because she had spent'd spent all night preparing for an important meeting at work and had forgotten'd forgotten to charge her mobile phone. Because she was late, she ran to the bus station but when she got there, she realised she hadn't takenhad not taken her wallet. She had to go to work on foot.

By the time she arrived at work, the meeting where she had to present her project had already started , and her boss was angry at her. Then, she really wanted to finish work at the usual time of 7 pm because she wanted to see her favourite singer at a concert. But she couldn't leave on time because she didn't finish the report her manager had asked for.

She left work late, and by the time she arrived at the concert venue, the singer 'd already finishedhad already finished singing. Sarah was frustrated, and by the time she got back home, she 'd decidedhad decided to change her job.

1. I had been living'd been living in Mexico for five years before I met Dan and moved to Berlin.
2. I had been studying'd been studying for 3 years when I decided to leave the university.
3. Alice had been dancing for a year when she broke her ankle.
4. Lucy had been playing the drums for nine months when she formed a band.
5. I had been working 'd been working hard for a long time when my parents won a lottery. They shared it with me, and it changed my life.
6. Helen had been running her own business for six years before she got pregnant.
7. Alex had been taking this medicine for a year before he got better.
8. Sarah passed the exam well because she had been preparing'd been preparing for it for two weeks.

Sophia had been livinghad lived'd been living'd lived with a foster family for 20 years when her parents told her she had a twin sister. She had been looking for'd been looking for her sister for five years but hadn't hadhad not had much luck until one day she turned on her favourite talk show and saw a girl who looked exactly like her.  The girl, whose name was Helen, told that a year before the show, she had found out'd found out that she had a twin sister and she was looking for her. The siblings met a week after the show. After they had spoken'd spoken for a while, it became obvious that they had a lot in common. They found out that they both had been playing music instruments for a long time and had always liked reading.