2.5. Express the same idea. Use the Past Perfect Continuous according to the model.

Model: We knew he had begun to play hockey years before and he was still playing it.

We knew he had been playing hockey for years.

1. Marsha said that she had started jogging 2 months before and she enjoyed jogging a lot.

2. Tom looked tired when I came to see him at 5. He had started working early in the morning and was still working.

3. When Jack telephoned Marion, she was still busy with cleaning the flat though she had begun cleaning it 3 hours before.

4. Ann’s mother said that her daughter had started looking for a job 6 months before and she was still looking for it.

5. The assistant said that Roger had begun to copy the report half and hour before and was still copying it.

6. Carol remarked that she had started to explore the problem when she was a student and she was still interested in it.

7. The boss got angry because his secretary had begun to type a letter an hour before and she was still doing it.

8. We learnt that Jeremy had begun working as a librarian 3 years before and he was still working there.

9. She knew that John and his brothers had started training to climb the mountains 6 months before and they were still training.

10. Everybody knew that they had started building a house and they were still doing it.

2.6. Answer these questions. Give your reasons according to the model.

Model: How long had Kate been waiting when the bus came?

As far as I know, Kate was late for work that day. So she had been waiting for the bus too long.

1. How long had Jack been talking over the phone when he realized that it was a wrong number?

2. What had they been discussing for a few minutes before they started off?

3. How long had she been working for this company before she gave up this work?

4. What had Fred been living on for 3 months before his uncle left him money?

5. How long had your father been working for the previous 5 years before he reached a middle-management position?

2.7. Ask questions about the starting point of the actions according to the model.

Model: Roger began watching a football match at 7 p.m. When Jack phoned him, Roger was still watching it.

Since when had he been watching a football match, I wonder?

1. I promised Mary to come at 5. When I arrived, Mary was waiting for me but she was very annoyed as I was 30 minutes late.

2. They started boating at 10 a.m. When their friends came up to the beach 2 hours later, they were getting ashore.

3. They went to live in the south of France in 1983. When Phil visited the country 10 years later, they were still living there.

4. On the 1^st of January my friend decided to change his way of living and started working out a plan what and how to change. When a fortnight later I visited him, he was still busy with working the plan out.

5. Last Monday the German team started climbing up the mountains. When on Thursday I flew to Nepal, it was still climbing up.