Question

ОООООООЧЕНЬ ДАМ 40б 11. Complete this text with these verbs in the past perfect or past perfect continuous.

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The telephone call from the police was a shock, but not a complete surprise. Molly (1) constantly about the old house lying empty during the two months since her mother went into hospital. She (2) to go round and check the empty place, but she (3) extra busy at work recently.

According to the police, a homeless man (4) into the house. They (5) him one morning as he was leaving the building with one of her mother's large paintings. When Molly walked into the house, it was obvious that the man (6) there for quite a while. He (7) food from the cupboards and throwing empty tins and packages all over the floor. He (8) quite a mess. He (9) also several paintings from the walls. Molly decided not to tell her mother because she (10) already enough pain in recent weeks and really didn't need any more bad news.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The telephone call from the police was a shock, but not a complete surprise. Molly had been worrying constantly about the old house lying empty during the two months since her mother had gone into the hospital. She had planned to go round and check the empty place, but she had been extra busy at work recently.

According to the police, a homeless man had broken into the house. They had caught him one morning as he was leaving the building with one of her mother's large paintings. When Molly walked into the house, it was obvious that the man had been there for quite a while. He had been taking food from the cupboards and throwing empty tins and packages all over the floor. He had made quite a mess. He had also removed several paintings from the walls. Molly decided not to tell her mother because she had already had enough pain in recent weeks and really didn't need any more bad news.

Explanation:
In this text, we are talking about actions that happened before a specific point in the past. For this reason, we use the past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses.

1) Molly had been worrying constantly - This action started in the past and continued up until a specific point in the past (the telephone call).

2) She had planned to go round - This action happened before the telephone call.

3) She had been extra busy - This action happened before the telephone call.

4) A homeless man had broken into - This action happened before the telephone call.

5) They had caught him - This action happened before Molly walked into the house.

6) The man had been there - This action started in the past and continued up until Molly walked into the house.

7) He had been taking food - This action started in the past and continued up until Molly walked into the house.

8) He had made quite a mess - This action happened before Molly walked into the house.

9) He had also removed several paintings - This action happened before Molly walked into the house.

10) Molly had already had enough pain - This action happened before the decision not to tell her mother.

By using the past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses, we can clearly show the sequence of events and the relationship between them.