Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

were sleeping on the benches, and others were walking 
up and down. Sally was looking for Greg, so she didn’t 
sit down. While she was trying to get onto the platform, 
a man grabbed her handbag.
Past Perfect 
Simple
when we are describing a past event which took place 
before another past event and want to re-order the story 
for dramatic affect
By the time the train arrived, Sally had managed to 
push her way to the front of the crowd.

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Past Perfect 
Continuous
When we are already talking about the past and want to 
refer to a previous action that had been in progress up to 
a definite time in the past
By the time Greg finally turned up, Sally had been 
waiting for him for over an hour and a half.
Exercise 21. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past tense. If two 
answers are poss ible, write the more likely one.
It was about two o’clock in the morning when a loud noise 
__________________ (wake) me up. It __________________ (be) such a cold night 
that I __________________ (not/want) to get up, so I __________________ (sit) in 
bed and __________________ (listen). Since I __________________ (hear) noth-
ing more, I __________________ (conclude) that the sound __________________ 
(come) from the street. I __________________ (just/put) the bed clothes over my 
head to go back to sleep, when I __________________ (hear) another loud bang. 
I __________________ (put) on my dressing gown and __________________ (go) 
downstairs. I __________________ (find) the drawing-room door open and could 
not remember if I __________________ (leave) it like that. I __________________ 
(turn) on the lights but could see nothing unusual, so I __________________ 
(go) across to one of the windows. It __________________ so cold out side that 
ice __________________ (form) on the window panes. I __________________ 
(scrape) it away and __________________ (look) down on the garden below, it 
__________________ (snow) heavily and a thick white blanket __________________ 
(cover) everything. The branches of the trees __________________ (look) like 
white arms against the night sky. There was certainly no sign that anyone 
__________________ (walk) in the garden. As I __________________ (begin) to 
feel cold, I __________________ (go) to my room, __________________ (sit) on my 
bed and __________________ (wait). When I __________________ (hear) another 
loud noise coming from directly above me, I understood: the water in the pipes 
leading to the tank in the attic __________________ (begin) to freeze and the 
pipes __________________ (protest) loudly!