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Past perfect continuous:had been + present participle 3 The children excitedly collected the nuts that
(fall) from the trees.
positive negative question
4 She (ride) her pony all afternoon when we
I ’d been She hadn’t been Had they been glimpsed her briefly as she went into the wood.
considering all the looking after working with you?
possibilities. herself properly. 5 I (watch) the programme every week for
nearly two months,but to my horror I had to miss the
Past perfect simple last episode.
We use the past perfect simple to describe something which 6 She (live) in London all her life and was
happened before a single event in the past: reluctant to move, even when she got married.
The police arrested him, even though he had not done anything
illegal.
When he opened the safe, the top -secret documents had already 4
disappeared.
The trainee pilot in the lightaircraft took off before everybody SO AND SUCH
had fastened their seatbelts.
Note: We often use the past perfect simple with already,just So and such (a/ an) are intensifies meaning‘very’ or ‘extremely’.
and never. I’m so pleased to hear thatyou passed your exam!
That child’s behaviour was so unacceptable!
Past perfect continuous We had such a fabulous holiday.
We also use the past perfect continuous to describe something He is such a splendid public speaker.
which happened before a single event in the past,but the
continuous tense focuses on the length of time: We also use so and such (a/an) to talk about cause and effect:
She needed to start to do some very gentle exercise, because cause effect
she id been lying in bed for nearly a month after the operation on
her spine. so + adjective or adverb (+ that)
It was nearly ayear before his boss realised that he had been He was so down when he that he wouldn’t speak to
leaving the office early every Friday afternoon. foiled his driving test anybody
She performed so well in the that she got the lead role in
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O Complete the sentences with the past perfect simple or such a/ an + adjective or adverb + noun (+ that )
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
He’s such a talented that his company has just
1 We were furious,because we (wait) salesperson promoted him.
for over five hours before the plane got permission to She’s such a gifted musician that she plays in the National
take off. Youth Orchestra.
2 He (cheat) for over a year in all his such + adjective + uncountable noun / plural noun (+ that)
exams before one of the teachers finally found evidence
to prove it. They committed such terrible that they both spent a long
crimes time in prison.
3 The hurricane completely destroyed the cottage that they French chefs cook such that we always put on weight
(build) only a year earlier.
exceptional food when we are there on holiday.
4 We referred to the documents that the professor so + much/many/ few/little + noun (+ that)
(hand) to us at the start of the lecture.
He had so many heavy items that he had to pay an excess
5 When they got home, they discovered that their in his luggage baggage charge.
babysitter (already put) their toddler
to bed. She makes so many that she is unlikely to pass
grammatical mistakes either the written exam or the
6 When I finally reached the end of the queue, I found out oral test.
that my colleague (pick up) the tickets an such a/ an + adjective + singular countable noun (+ that);
hour earlier. such a lot of

The restaurant served such that we refused to pay the bill.
Q Complete the sentences with the past perfect simple or
continuous form of the verbs in brackets. dreadful food
She’s got such a lot of friends that she’s constantly getting
1 The waiter,who was very stressed,brought a fruit drink on social media messages.
that I (not order).
2 I had enormous difficulty recalling the complex password
I (commit) to memory the previous night.
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