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had been + V-ing (Present Participle)
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Dialog 2
Rebecca: This looks like a nice restaurant.
Scott: Yeah, it is. I come here all the time.
Rebecca: Let's sit over there.
Scott: OK.
Rebecca: Can you pass me a menu please.
Scott: Sure. What are you going to have to drink?
Rebecca: I'm going to have a glass of beer. How about you
Scott: I think I'll have a glass of wine.
Rebecca: Do you want to order an appetizer first?
Scott: Not really, maybe we can just order some bread.
Rebecca: OK. What are you going to have to eat?
Scott: I'm not sure. I haven't decided yet. Can you recommend something?
Rebecca: Sure, I've had the steak and the lobster before. They're both very good.
Scott: I think I'll have the lobster. What are you going to have?
Rebecca: I'm not that hungry. I think I'm just going to have a salad.
Scott: I'm gonna go to the bathroom. When the waitress comes back, will you order for me? Rebecca: Sure. No problem.
Vocabulary:
appetizer – закуска
steak – біфштекс
lobster – м'ясо омара
Граматичний матеріал: Минулий перфектно-тривалий час (Past Perfect Continuous)
had been + V-ing (Present Participle)
| Стверджувальна форма Affirmative | Питальна форма Interrogative | Заперечна форма Negative |
| I had (‘d) been doing | Had I been doing? | I had not/hadn’t been doing |
| you had (‘d) been doing | HAD YOU been doing? | you had not/hadn't been doing |
| he had (‘d) been doing | had he been doing? | he had not/hadn't been doing |
| she had (‘d) been doing | had she been doing? | she had not/hadn't been doing |
| it had (‘d) been doing | had it been doing? | it had not/hadn't been doing |
| we had ('d) been doing | had we been doing? | we had not/hadn't been doing |
| they had (‘d) been doing | had they been doing? | they had not/hadn't been doing |
Випадки вживання
| Дія, що розпочалася до визначеного моменту чи дія в минулому і все ще продовжувалася в цей момент | When I first met her she had been working as a shop-assistant for 15 years. She had been jogging for two months when I joined her. |
| Дія, яка розпочалася до визначеного моменту чи дія в минулому і завершилася в цей момент чи незадовго до нього | I had been waiting for two hours when he came. He felt tired because he had been playing football. |
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Повторення: Present Perfect Continuous
Ex. 1. Look at these conversations and put in the correct form of the verb. Use the Present Perfect Continuous or Simple.
Sarah: I feel really tired.
Mark: It's because … you’ve been doing. .... (you / do) too much.
Sarah: Well, at least …. you’ve finished. ....... (I / finish) that report now, and I can relax.
1. David: Someone................................................................ (leave) the ladder outside, look.
Harriet: I expect that's Mike................................................................. (he / clean) the windows.
I don't think................................................................ (he / finish) yet.
2. Laura: You've got mud on your shoes.
Trevor: It's all right, I'll take them off................................................................. (I / work) in the garden.
Laura: Yes, it looks a lot tidier. Well done................................................................ (you / do) a good job.
3. Tom: ................................................................ (I / hear) that you and Harriet are building a garage.
How long................................................................ (you / do) that?
Mike: Oh, for about a month now. (we / do)................................................................ about half of it.
повторення: Past perfect
Ex. 1. Put the verbs in the Present Perfect (have done) or Past Perfect (had done).
It isn't raining now. It’s stopped.... (stop) at last.
We had no car at that time. We 'd sold........... (sell) our old one.
1. The park looked awful. People............................................................ (leave) litter everywhere.
2. You can have that newspaper. I......................................................................... (finish) with it.
3. There's no more cheese. We........................................................... (eat) it all, I'm afraid.
4. There was no sign of a taxi, although I............................................. (order) one half an hour before.
5. This bill isn't right. They................................................................... (make) a mistake.
6. I spoke to Melanie at lunch-time. Someone.............................................. (tell) her the news earlier.
7. I was really tired last night. I.......................................................................... (have) a hard day.
8. Don't you want to see this programme? It.................................................................. (start).
9. It'll soon get warm in here. I.................................................................... (turn) the heating on.
10. At last the committee were ready to announce their decision. They...........................................
(make) up their minds.
Past Perfect Continuous
Ex. 1. Complete the conversation. Put in the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs.
Rachel: How was your job interview?
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Vicky: Awful. I felt terribly nervous. …I’d been worrying.... (I / worry) about it all week. And I was tired because
(1).......................................................... (I / work) on my project the night before.
(2).......................................................... (I / not look) forward to the interview at all
Rachel: So what happened?
Vicky: The woman interviewing me was half an hour late because
(3)................................................................ (she / deal) with an unexpected problem, she said.
(4)........................................................ (I / wait) ages, and I'd got even more nervous.
Rachel: How did the interview go?
Vicky: Well, I tried to sound confident. (5).......................................................... (I / read) a book that said that's what you have to do in job interviews. But I don't know if I gave the right answers.
Ex. 2. Underline the correct tense.
1. I saw Jim this morning. He ran/was running for the bus.
2. Keri was angry. She had been waiting/was waiting for Sarah for two hours.
3. Andy was relieved to hear that he was passing/had passed the exam.
4. I was walking/had walked home when I saw Paul.
5. Brian learnt/had learnt how to spell his name at school today.
6. They hadn't visited/weren't visiting their grandparents for a long time.
7. I watched/was watching television when the telephone rang.
8. Jason had been thinking/had thought about his new car all day.
9. I bought the dress because I wanted/had wanted something special to wear to the party.
10. The little boy was crying because he had lost/was losing his mother.
11. Graham had been working/was working for the company for twenty years before he retired.
12. Pam opened/had opened the present and read the card.
13. Lucy wrote/had written a letter to her sister last night.
14. It had been raining/was raining all day and the roads were very wet.
15. Sue was smiling/had smiled as she was reading Mary's letter.
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