Past Perfect Progressive
8 Rearrange the words to make sentences with the past perfect progressive.
We / having / had / a good time / the rain / until / been / started.
We had been having a good time until the rain started.
a Before / called / been / had / eat dinner / them / to come / they / playing / outside.
Before I called them to come eat dinner, they had been playing outside.
b For hours / to win / the argument / had / been / trying / Mike / unsuccessfully.
For hours, Mike had been trying to win the argument unsuccessfully.
c They / they / the phone / been / months / met / talking / had / on / before / for / face-to-face.
They had been talking on the phone for months before they met face-to-face.
9 Write questions for the answers in the past perfect progressive using the words in parentheses.
How long had you been waiting there? (how long / you / wait / there)
For about 3 hours.
a ______________________________________ (you / see / anyone / before that)
No, she was my first therapist.
b ______________________________________ (what / she / say / before / I / arrive)
Just a little bit about the company and the staff.
c ______________________________________ (where / they / live / before here)
Well, they moved here last year, and before that they lived in Spain for a while.
d ______________________________________ (how / she / act / before / take / the medicine)
Prior to taking the medicine, her behavior was normal.
