3. Complete the gaps with the verb in brackets, either in the Past Perfect or in the Past Perfect Continuous. 1) I … (wait) at the cinema for an hour before Kim finally showed up. 2) They … (play) football all day, so they were very tired in the evening. 3) … (the/finish) making the lunch when the guests arrived? 4) The band … (perform) for an hour when the electricity went off. 5) Belinda … (study) German for three years before she moved to Munich.

Перевод задания: Заполните пропуски глаголами в Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous.

1. I had been waiting at the cinema for an hour before Kim finally showed up. (Я прождал(а) в кинотеатре час, прежде чем наконец появилась Ким.)
2. They had been playing football all day, so they were very tired in the evening. (Они играли в футбол весь день, поэтому вечером очень устали.)
3. Had they finished making the lunch when the guests arrived? (Они закончили готовить обед, когда приехали гости?)
4. The band had been performing for an hour when the electricity went off. (Группа выступала уже час, когда отключилось электричество.)
5. Belinda had been studying German for three years before she moved to Munich. (Белинда изучала немецкий три года, прежде чем переехала в Мюнхен.)

Past Perfect Continuous подчёркивает длительность действия до другого события; Past Perfect обозначает, что действие завершилось к определённому моменту.