Răspuns:
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A: Had you been waiting long at the gate before you got my message?
B: No. I had only been sitting there for five minutes. So why did you want to meet at the park instead?
A: Well, I thought the weather was too nice to sit inside. And I needed fresh air because I had been revising for my exams until just an hour ago.
B: I know what you mean. I had been reading my course books for hours last night, then I got a headache. Anyway, how was your History exam this afternoon?
A: Not great. I had been studying hard for it all week, but I still wasn't prepared enough.
B: What do you mean?
A: Well, I had been expecting some questions on the French Revolution, but weren't any. I revised the wrong topic.
B: Oh no! That's a pity.
Explicație:
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Timpul past perfect continuous (numit și past perfect progressive) exprimă o acțiune care a început și a continuat până într-un alt moment desfășurat în trecut. În limba română se traduce prin mai-mult-ca-perfect.
Past Perfect Continuous se formează astfel:
- had + been + present participle (terminația în -ing):
He had been working with us until he left.
El lucrase cu noi până a plecat.
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