. Julia wanted to sit down as she … had been standing at work all day long.
2. She … had learnt "Eugene Onegin" by the autumn.
3. The rain stopped but there were a lot of puddles because it … had been raining cats and dogs.
4. Olivia and Victor …had been chatting via Skype only for an hour when the connection broke.
5. They …had decorated the New Year tree before the children arrived.
6. Bob … had eaten up all the muffins by lunchtime.
7. My sister … had been doing the laundry since early morning.
8. I knew that our parents …had been growing melons in their greenhouse since they bought the house.
9. He … had lost much weight by the end of the year.
10. Brown understood the problems of his agency because he …had been (working for it since 2005.
2. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.
to listen My head hurt because I had been listening … to music for three hours. - I knew the names of the robbers because I had listened … to the news on TV.
to build They had been building… a new school for six months when there was an earthquake. - They had built… a new block of flats by December.
to fly By the time the sun went down the couple had been flying… over the Pacific Ocean for five hours. - By the time the sun went down the couple had flown… more than 500 km over the Pacific Ocean.
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