Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

NEGATIVE FORM
I
You
He/She/It  had not (hadn’t) been working all night. 
We 
You
They 
Exercise 14. Complete the sentences with the negative form of the verbs 
in brackets. Use Past Perfect Continuous.
Example: We hadn’t been waiting (not/wait) for her for a long time. She 
arrived in time.
1. I __________ (not/work) hard all day, so I wasn’t very tired last night.
2. She __________ (not/practise) English for over two years before she en-
rolled on an English course.
3. Kate’s sister _________ (not/study) at university for eight years.
4. “I’m really sorry I was so late last night.”—”That’s OK. We __________ 
(not/wait).
5. I _________ (not/feel) well for weeks before I finally went to see the doctor.
6. When Frank got home, he found that his children __________ (not/do) their 
homework.
7. They __________ (not/walk) all that time in the park.
8. He _________ (not/try) to find a good job for quite a long time.
GENERAL QUESTIONS
I 
you
you 
I
Had he/she/it been doing anything before it all happened? – Yes, /(No,) he/she/it had(n’t).
We 
you
you 
we
they 
they

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Exercise 15. Make these sentences into general questions.
Example: Vivian had been taking courses in electrical engineering for 
months before she decided to become an engineer. Had Vivian been taking 
courses in electrical engineering for months before she decided to become an 
engineer?
1. We’d been waiting for an hour when our train finally arrived yesterday.
2. Henry had been playing football for over ten years when he gave it up in 
2008.
3. They’d been living in London for fifteen years when they moved to Paris last 
year.
4. You’d been talking about ghosts when you heard the noise upstairs.
5. She’d been standing there for nearly half an hour when she realized she was 
at the wrong bus-stop.
6. Glen had been driving for an hour when his car broke down.
7. They’d been walking for about half an hour when they realized they were 
lost.
8. Mr Johnson had been trying to find a job for three months when finally he 
decided to emigrate.