Ex.2. Complete these sentences using the correct form (Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous) of the verbs in brackets

Ex.1. Choose the correct variant.

Ex.3. Sum up what the text says about the structure of organizations.

Grammar Revision

Past Perfect Continuous We use the Past Perfect Continuous s to talk about an action which had been in progress before another We often use it with for and since I had been visiting this company for several weeks before they solved my problem.

1. I had solved/had been solving this difficult problem for some time when he appeared.

2. By the time we got to the office they had negotiated/had been negotiating for 2 hours.

3. He had already written/had been writing lecture notes for some time when we rang him up.

4. They had looked/had been looking for some new information in the documents for two days before they found a mistake.

5. He had reported/had been reporting to the manager before he left the office.

6. He kept looking at her, wondering where he had been seeing/had seen her.

7. He had smoked/had been smoking for 10 years before he gave it up.

8. The telephone had rung/had been ringing for 3 minutes before I answered it.

9. When I came the Board of Directors had been discussing/had discussed this contract for an hour.

10. We had been finishing/had finished the discussion by 5 o’clock.

11. He didn’t sign the contract until he had been reading/had read every word.

12. When I left my last job, I worked/had been working there for 10 years.

1. I (work) for the company for six years before I got a promotion.

2. He (live) in New York for 10 years when he decided to return to France.

3. I (read) the report before I left the office.

4. I (write) a letter to my partner when I heard this news.

5. He (fix) his car all day before he left for London.

6. The company (prepare) its annual report for a week when this event happened.

7. By the 1990’s they (build) their financial empire.

8. Most of the customers (leave) by the time our managing director got there.

9. He had been listening to our conversation and I wondered how much he (hear).

10. We were tired as we (work) since early morning.

11. She (not receive) any information until it was too late to do something.

12. I (look for) a new business partner for a month before I found him.

Ex.3. True or false? Correct where necessary.

1. Everyone had been spending time packing boxes before the company moved into a new office.

2. We were waiting for you for 2 hours before your secretary called.

3. I failed to speak to him as he had just been returning from his business trip to Italy.

4. I hadn’t finished the report by Monday although I was working at it since Wednesday.

5. When I telephoned my secretary she had gone out.

6. We had been finishing our experiment by the end of the year.

7. I had been studying the problem for a few days before I made a final decision.

8. How long were you doing business in Spain before you met my boss?

9. She was working in the Marketing department for 5 years before she became a good specialist.

10. He was working for this company for years before he could buy a house.

11. When the company went public, we were producing tourist equipment for 5 years.

12. Our lawyer studied the agreement for a week before we signed it.

Ex.4. Translate into English:

1. Вона розсердилася тому, що чекала на мене дуже довго.

2. Ми втомилися через те, що обговорювали наші фінансові плани декілька годин.

3. Вона працювала у відділі збуту рік, перш ніж отримала підвищення.

4. Голова правління проглядав пошту вже півгодини, коли задзвонив телефон.

5. Вона працювала в бібліотеці годинами, доки не написала цю доповідь.

6. Він деякий час уважно дивився на замовника, перш ніж підійти.

7. Він працював на цьому підприємстві 10 років, перш ніж став генеральним директором.

8. Керівник компанії 2 тижні обмірковував усі деталі угоди, перш ніж прийняти остаточне рішення.

9. Перш ніж стати клієнтом цієї туристичної фірми, він довго вибирав.

10. Вони довго збирали гроші, перш ніж замовити ці меблі.

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