5. 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?

6. 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.

7. Complete the following sentences. Put in the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs.

(A)

Rachel: How was your job interview?

Vicky: Awful. I felt terribly nervous. I'd been worrying (I / worry) about it all week. And I was tired

because (1) … (I / work) on my project the night before. (2) … (I / not look) forward to the interview at all.

Rachel: So what happened?

Vicky: The woman interviewing me was half an hour late because (3) … (she / deal) with an unexpected problem, she said. (4) … (I / wait) ages, and I'd got even more nervous.

Rachel: How did the interview go?

Vicky: Well, I tried to sound confident. (5) … (I / read) a book that said that's what you have to do in job interviews. But I don't know if I gave the right answers.

(B)

1. He looked at her. He knew she (to cry).

2. She told him about her plan, which she (to think of) the whole morning.

3. Molly closed the book which she (to read) and looked at her friends.

4. Paul (to think) for some time before he dared to answer.

5. How long Tony (to read) when this terrible accident happened?

6. When the lesson was over, the teacher asked the students to hand in the tests they (to write) since its beginning.

7. How long they (to wait) for a taxi before it came?

8. How long this man (to stand) there and (to watch) you before you noticed him?

9. “What are you thinking of?” he asked after he (to look at) her a few seconds. But she didn’t answer.

10. Who (to sit) here before I came?