Match the sentences (1-12) with the correct description (a-1).
a. It was raining and the wind was blowing.
b. He was exhausted because he had been walking all day.
c. There was no milk left because Jack had drunk it all.
d. She had finished by 8 oclock.
e. The storm broke out after we had been driving for four hours.
f. He got into the car, started the engine, and drove away.
g. The party had already started by the time I arrived.
h. Heath Ledger died in 2008.
i. I was cycling to.
Ответ:
h. They had been waiting for the bus for over an hour.
i. She had forgotten her keys, so she couldn’t get into the house.
j. He had left the window open, so the room was cold.
k. We had already eaten dinner by the time she arrived.
l. They had been dating for two years before they got married.
1. The action happened before a specific time in the past.
2. The action happened before another action in the past.
3. The action had been happening for a period of time before another action in the past.
4. The action happened after another action in the past.
5. The action was already completed by a specific time in the past.
6. The action was in progress at a specific time in the past.
7. The action happened in the middle of another action in the past.
8. The action was happening for a period of time before another action in the past.
9. The action had not happened by a specific time in the past.
10. The action had not been happening for a period of time before another action in the past.
11. The action happened because of another action in the past.
12. The action happened after a specific time in the past.
1 – i
2 – b
3 – h
4 – e
5 – d
6 – f
7 – g
8 – h
9 – c
10 – l
11 – j
12 – a